isatty (3)

ISATTY(3) Linux Programmer's Manual ISATTY(3) NAME isatty - does this descriptor refer to a terminal SYNOPSIS #include <unistd.h> int isatty(int desc); DESCRIPTION returns 1 if desc is an open file descriptor connected to a terminal and 0 otherwise. CONFORMING TO SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001. SEE ALSO fstat(2), ttyname(3) Linux 1995-04-20 ISATTY(3)