ttyslot(3C)
NAME
ttyslot - 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 dev-
ice 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 encountered 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 attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| MT-Level | Safe |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
getutent(3C), ttyname(3C), utmpx(4), attributes(5)
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