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isatty

test whether a file descriptor refers to a terminal

#include <unistd.h>

int isatty(int fd);

The isatty() function tests whether fd is an open file descriptor referring to a terminal.

isatty() returns 1 if fd is an open file descriptor referring to a terminal; otherwise 0 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

fd is not a valid file descriptor.
fd refers to a file other than a terminal. POSIX.1-2001 specifies the error ENOTTY for this case.

SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.

fstat(2), ttyname(3)

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