8.277 TTYNAM — Get the name of a terminal device

Description:

Get the name of a terminal device. For more information, see ttyname(3).

This intrinsic is provided in both subroutine and function forms; however, only one form can be used in any given program unit.

Standard:

GNU extension

Class:

Subroutine, function

Syntax:
CALL TTYNAM(UNIT, NAME)
NAME = TTYNAM(UNIT)
Arguments:
UNITShall be a scalar INTEGER.
NAMEShall be of type CHARACTER.
Example:
PROGRAM test_ttynam
  INTEGER :: unit
  DO unit = 1, 10
    IF (isatty(unit=unit)) write(*,*) ttynam(unit)
  END DO
END PROGRAM
See also:

ISATTY — Whether a unit is a terminal device