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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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