# $EPIC: ttyname.txt,v 1.2 2006/08/20 17:37:08 sthalik Exp $
Synopsis:
Technical:
If EPIC is not attached to a terminal device (when you use the -b command line option) the empty string is returned.
This function returns the device name associated with the standard input.
This function calls the operating system's ttyname(3) function.
Practical:
Useful if you wanted to know which device you were logged into.
Returns:
The terminal device attached to standard input.
History:
This function fist appeared in EPIC4pre2.004-19990528
Examples:
$ttyname() might return /dev/ttyp2