termname(3XCURSES)

Name

termname - return the value of the environmental variable TERM

Synopsis

cc [ flag... ] file... –I /usr/xpg4/include –L /usr/xpg4/lib \
–R /usr/xpg4/lib –lcurses [ library... ]

c89 [ flag... ] file... –lcurses [ library... ]

#include <curses.h>

char *termname(void);

Description

The termname() function returns a pointer to the value of the environmental variable TERM (truncated to 14 characters).

Return Values

The termname() returns a pointer to the terminal's name.

Errors

None.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE Interface Stability Committed MT-Level Unsafe Standard See standards(5).

See also

del_curterm(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)