sys.get_tty()

Purpose:

sys.get_tty() returns the terminal name of <username>.

Usage:

ttyname = sys.get_tty(<username>);

Arguments:

alpha <username> - the name of the user that you want the tty name of.

Returns:

"" - No such user <username> currently logged on.

alpha <ttyname> - The terminal name of user <username>

Where Used:

sys.get_tty() can be called from anywhere. It could be used before a call to sys.send_msg() to determine the ttyname parameter.

Example:

Description:

sys.get_tty() returns the tty name of <username>. The "/dev/" is stripped off of the name returned.

Bugs/Features/Comments:

If more than one user with same name are running 4C, sys.get_tty() will only ever return the ttyname of one of them.

Be careful not to confuse this routine with sys.get_ttyname() which uses a <useridx> instead of <username>.

See Also: sys.get_ttyname() sys.send_msg()