From d6583bb2a13f329cf0332ef2570eb8bb8fc0e39c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theo de Raadt Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 08:53:40 +0000 Subject: initial import of NetBSD tree --- lib/libc/gen/ctermid.3 | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 95 insertions(+) create mode 100644 lib/libc/gen/ctermid.3 (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/ctermid.3') diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/ctermid.3 b/lib/libc/gen/ctermid.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..cfdc9dd9628 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/gen/ctermid.3 @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: ctermid.3,v 1.4 1995/02/25 15:39:12 cgd Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)ctermid.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dt CTERMID 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm ctermid +.Nd generate terminal pathname +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include +.Ft char * +.Fn ctermid "char *buf" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn ctermid +function generates a string, that, when used as a pathname, refers to +the current controlling terminal of the calling process. +.Pp +If +.Ar buf +is the +.Dv NULL +pointer, a pointer to a static area is returned. +Otherwise, the pathname is copied into the memory referenced by +.Ar buf . +The argument +.Ar buf +is assumed to point to an array at least +.Dv L_ctermid +(as defined in the include +file +.Aq Pa stdio.h ) +bytes long. +.Pp +The current implementation simply returns +.Ql /dev/tty . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Upon successful completion, a +.Pf non- Dv NULL +pointer is returned. +Otherwise, a +.Dv NULL +pointer is returned and the global variable +.Va errno +is set to indicate the error. +.Sh ERRORS +The current implementation detects no error conditions. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ttyname 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Xr ctermid +function conforms to +.St -p1003.1-88 . +.Sh BUGS +By default the +.Fn ctermid +function +writes all information to an internal static object. +Subsequent calls to +.Fn ctermid +will modify the same object. -- cgit v1.2.3