posix man page for isatty

ISATTY(3P)						     POSIX Programmer's Manual							ISATTY(3P)

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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 Technol-
       ogy  --	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 Stan-
       dard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

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/The Open Group						       2013								ISATTY(3P)