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NAME
       isatty — test for a terminal device


SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       int isatty(int fildes);


DESCRIPTION
       The  isatty()  function  shall test whether fildes, an open file descriptor, is associated
       with a terminal device.


RETURN VALUE
       The isatty() function shall return 1 if fildes is associated with a  terminal;  otherwise,
       it shall return 0 and may set errno to indicate the error.


ERRORS
       The isatty() function may fail if:

       EBADF  The fildes argument is not a valid open file descriptor.

       ENOTTY The file associated with the fildes argument is not a terminal.

       The following sections are informative.


EXAMPLES
       None.


APPLICATION USAGE
       The  isatty()  function  does not necessarily indicate that a human being is available for
       interaction via fildes.  It is quite possible that non-terminal devices are  connected  to
       the communications line.


RATIONALE
       None.


FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.


SEE ALSO
       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <unistd.h>


COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this  text  are  reprinted  and  reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std
       1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System
       Interface  (POSIX),  The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc  and  The  Open  Group.   (This  is
       POSIX.1-2008  with  the  2013  Technical  Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the  event of any
       discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open  Group  Standard,  the
       original  IEEE  and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard
       can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

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