pjs@aristotle.JPL.NASA.gov (Peter Scott) (10/02/90)
What's the easiest way to tell from (1) a shell script; (2) a C program, whether the user process that called either of them was logged in at the console? I've looked at /etc/utmp, but it seems that there should be an easier way. -- This is news. This is your | Peter Scott, NASA/JPL/Caltech brain on news. Any questions? | (pjs@aristotle.jpl.nasa.gov)
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (10/02/90)
In article <1990Oct1.204707.21038@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> pjs@aristotle.jpl.nasa.gov writes: >What's the easiest way to tell from (1) a shell script; (2) a C >program, whether the user process that called either of them was >logged in at the console? I've looked at /etc/utmp, but it seems 1. tty(1) 2. ttyname(3) -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170