TTYSLOT(3C)TTYSLOT(3C)NAMEttyslot - find the slot of the current user in the user accounting
database
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
int ttyslot(void);
DESCRIPTION
The ttyslot() function returns the index of the current user's entry in
the user accounting database, /var/adm/utmpx. The current user's entry
is an entry for which the utline member matches the name of a terminal
device associated with any of the process's file descriptors 0, 1 or 2.
The index is an ordinal number representing the record number in the
database of the current user's entry. The first entry in the database
is represented by the return value 0.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, ttyslot() returns the index of the current
user's entry in the user accounting database. If an error was encoun‐
tered while searching for the terminal name or if none of the above
file descriptors are associated with a terminal device, −1 is returned.
FILES
/var/adm/utmpx
user access and accounting information
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌───────────────┬─────────────────┐
│ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├───────────────┼─────────────────┤
│MT-Level │ Safe │
└───────────────┴─────────────────┘
SEE ALSOgetutent(3C), ttyname(3C), utmpx(4), attributes(5)
Oct 27, 1998 TTYSLOT(3C)
