ISATTY
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2021-03-22
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NAME
isatty - test whether a file descriptor refers to a terminal
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int isatty(int fd);
DESCRIPTION
The
isatty()
function tests whether
fd
is an open file descriptor referring to a terminal.
RETURN VALUE
isatty()
returns 1 if
fd
is an open file descriptor referring to a terminal;
otherwise 0 is returned, and
errno
is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
- EBADF
-
fd
is not a valid file descriptor.
- ENOTTY
-
fd
refers to a file other than a terminal.
On some older kernels, some types of files
resulted in the error
EINVAL
in this case (which is a violation of POSIX, which specifies the error
ENOTTY).
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
|
|
isatty()
| Thread safety | MT-Safe
|
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
SEE ALSO
fstat(2),
ttyname(3)
COLOPHON
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Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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- COLOPHON
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