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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man3p/isatty.3p b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/isatty.3p new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f686acd8 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/isatty.3p @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +'\" et +.TH ISATTY "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.\" +.SH NAME +isatty +\(em test for a terminal device +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include <unistd.h> +.P +int isatty(int \fIfildes\fP); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +\fIisatty\fR() +function shall test whether +.IR fildes , +an open file descriptor, is associated with a terminal device. +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +The +\fIisatty\fR() +function shall return 1 if +.IR fildes +is associated with a terminal; otherwise, it shall return 0 and may set +.IR errno +to indicate the error. +.SH ERRORS +The +\fIisatty\fR() +function may fail if: +.TP +.BR EBADF +The +.IR fildes +argument is not a valid open file descriptor. +.TP +.BR ENOTTY +The file associated with the +.IR fildes +argument is not a terminal. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH EXAMPLES +None. +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +The +\fIisatty\fR() +function does not necessarily indicate that a human being is available +for interaction via +.IR fildes . +It is quite possible that non-terminal devices are connected to the +communications line. +.SH RATIONALE +None. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "\fB<unistd.h>\fP" +.\" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, +Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +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 Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . +.PP +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |