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Description
The method ttyname() returns a string, which specifies the terminal device associated with fd. If fd is not
associated with a terminal device, an exception is raised.
Syntax
Following is the syntax for ttyname() method:
os.ttyname(fd)
Parameters
• fd -- This is the file descriptor.
Return Value
This method returns a string which specifies the terminal device.
Example
The following example shows the usage of ttyname() method.
# !/usr/bin/python
import os, sys
# Showing current directory
print "Current working dir :%s" %os.getcwd()
# Changing dir to /dev/tty
fd = os.open("/dev/tty",os.O_RDONLY)
p = os.ttyname(fd)
print "the terminal device associated is: "
print p
print "done!!"
os.close(fd)
print "Closed the file successfully!!"
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:
Current working dir is :/tmp
the terminal device associated is:
/dev/tty
done!!
Closed the file successfully!!
os.unlink(path)
Description
The method unlink() removes(delete) the file path. If the path is a directory, OSError is raised.
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