ttytest: Manual Page

TTYTEST

NAME

ttytest - test if process connected to foreground terminal

SYNOPSIS

int ttytest()

DESCRIPTION

ttytest() is a routine to check if it is sensible to report messages to the standard output. It returns 1 if the process is connected to a terminal and is running in the foreground, and 0 otherwise.

To force detection of a terminal, set the environment variable GFORCE.

VERSION/AUTHOR

1.0 - Mark Huckvale

_{Fri Jul 09 14:54:20 2004}