ttyname.c

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/* ttyname.c                                            POSIX 4.7.2
 *      char *ttyname(int fildes);
 *
 *      Determines name of a terminal device.
 */

#include <lib.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>

PRIVATE char base[] = "/dev";
PRIVATE char path[sizeof(base) + 1 + NAME_MAX]; /* extra 1 for '/' */

PUBLIC char *ttyname(fildes)
int fildes;
{
  DIR *devices;
  struct dirent *entry;
  struct stat tty_stat;
  struct stat dev_stat;

  /* Simple first test: file descriptor must be a character device */
  if (fstat(fildes, &tty_stat) < 0 || !S_ISCHR(tty_stat.st_mode))
        return (char *) NULL;

  /* Open device directory for reading  */
  if ((devices = opendir(base)) == (DIR *) NULL)
        return (char *) NULL;

  /* Scan the entries for one that matches perfectly */
  while ((entry = readdir(devices)) != (struct dirent *) NULL) {
        if (tty_stat.st_ino != entry->d_ino)
                continue;
        strcpy(path, base);
        strcat(path, "/");
        strcat(path, entry->d_name);
        if (stat(path, &dev_stat) < 0 || !S_ISCHR(dev_stat.st_mode))
                continue;
        if (tty_stat.st_ino == dev_stat.st_ino &&
            tty_stat.st_dev == dev_stat.st_dev &&
            tty_stat.st_rdev == dev_stat.st_rdev) {
                closedir(devices);
                return path;
        }
  }

  closedir(devices);
  return (char *) NULL;
}

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