longname(CURSES)
longname --
get verbose description of current terminal
Synopsis
cc [options] file -lcurses
#include <curses.h>
char *longname(void);
Description
The
longname(CURSES)
function generates a verbose description of the current terminal.
The maximum length of a verbose description is 128 bytes.
It is defined only after the call to
initscr(CURSES)
or
newterm(CURSES).
Return value
Upon successful completion,
longname(CURSES)
returns a pointer to the description specified above. Otherwise, it returns a
null pointer on error.
Errors
No errors are defined.
Usage
The return value of
longname(CURSES)
may point to a static area which is overwritten by a subsequent call to
newterm(CURSES).
Standards Conformance
The Single UNIX Specification, Version 2; The Open Group.
References
initscr(CURSES),
curses(F)
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