posix_ctermid
Name
posix_ctermid — Returns the terminal path name
(POSIX.1, 4.7.1)
Synopsis
string posix_ctermid
(void)
Returns
The path name of the current terminal on success, or
FALSE on error.
Description
Returns the full path name of the current process's
controlling terminal. This name is not guaranteed to be
unique (a typical example would be /dev/tty);
nor is it guaranteed that the process can write to the
terminal.
Version
PHP 3.0.13+, PHP 4.0b4+
Example
Example 1063. Getting the
name of the controlling terminal
if (FALSE === ($ctermid = posix_ctermid())) {
echo "Could not get terminal name.\n";
} else {
echo "The controlling terminal for this process is: '$ctermid'.\n";
}
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