Will,
I think Mr. Moffatt is on the right track. Won't `tty` actually be ttyp# if
you are connected via ethernet? Similarly, I think it will be different when
you are connected via serial port.
I've used: x = `tty | grep 'tty[012345]'` to do exactly what you are
asking about.
Ken
At 01:17 AM 5/13/98 , Will Lowe wrote:
>On Wed, 13 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>
>> > Anybody got any way for a script to tell if
>> > 1) I'm logged onto the console
>>
>> Well, if `tty` matches /tty\d/ is probably best.
>
>Well, yes, except that I might be on from the console on /dev/tty3 ...
>all I really care about is that I'm sitting physically in front of
>computer, so that /dev/tty{whatever} is actually connected to my monitor
>and keyboard rather than being a serial line or an ethernet line...
>
> thanks though
> Will
>
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