isatty - test whether a file descriptor refers to a terminal
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
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│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ isatty() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
Description
The isatty() function tests whether fd is an open file descriptor referring to a terminal.
Errors
EBADFfd is not a valid file descriptor.
ENOTTYfd refers to a file other than a terminal. On some older kernels, some types of files resulted in
the error EINVAL in this case (which is a violation of POSIX, which specifies the error ENOTTY).
History
POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
isatty - test whether a file descriptor refers to a terminal
Return Value
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.
See Also
fstat(2), ttyname(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 isatty(3)
Standards
POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<unistd.h>intisatty(intfd);