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From: ssc-vax!ray3rd@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Ray E Saddler III)
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Subject: Re: finding my login tty
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Date: 4 Apr 89 23:27:45 GMT
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cstw01!meulenbr@uunet.uu.net (Frans Meulenbroeks) writes:
> Is there a way to detect your login tty?  

Yes.  Run /usr/bin/tty:

ss2060 ray> tty
/dev/ttyp4
ss2060 ray>

Too easy, eh?

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[[ That tells you what tty your current window is using.  But that doesn't
necessarily tell you what tty you originally logged in on.  --wnl ]]