os.ttyname() - os

             
The method ttyname() returns a string, which specifies the terminal device associated with fd. If fd is not associated with a terminal device, an exception is raised.


fd -- This is the file descriptor.

Syntax

os.ttyname(fd)

Example

# !/usr/bin/python

import os, sys

# Showing current directory 
print "Current working dir :%s" %os.getcwd()

# Changing dir to /dev/tty
fd = os.open("/dev/tty",os.O_RDONLY)

p = os.ttyname(fd)
print "the terminal device associated is: "
print p
print "done!!"

os.close(fd)
print "Closed the file successfully!!"

Output / Return Value

When we run above program, it produces following result:


Current working dir is :/tmp
the terminal device associated is:
/dev/tty
done!!
Closed the file successfully!!

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