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URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/isatty.tm.html
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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 isatty Context: slangrtl

Synopsis

Determine if an open file descriptor refers to a terminal

Syntax

Int_Type isatty (FD_Type or File_Type fd)

Description

This function returns 1 if the file descriptor fd refers to a terminal; otherwise it returns 0. The object fd may either be a File_Type stdio descriptor or an FD_Type object.

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Last modified: December 2006



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