.TH CONSOLETYPE 1 "Red Hat, Inc" "RH" \" -*- nroff -*-

.SH NAME

\fBconsoletype

\- print type of the console connected to standard input

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBconsoletype [\fIstdout\fR] [\fIfg\fR]

.SH DESCRIPTION

\fBconsoletype

prints the type of console connected to standard input, and checks

whether the console connected to standard input is the current

foreground virtual console. With no arguments, it prints

\fIvt\fR

if console is a virtual terminal (/dev/tty* or /dev/console device if not on

a serial console),

\fIserial\fR

if standard input is a serial console (/dev/console or /dev/ttyS*) and

\fIpty\fR

if standard input is a pseudo terminal.

.SH RETURN VALUE

\fBconsoletype

when passed no arguments returns 

.TP

\fI0

if on virtual terminal

.TP

\fI1

if on serial console

.TP

\fI2

if on a pseudo terminal.

.TP

When passed the \fIstdout\fR argument, \fBconsoletype\fR returns

.TP

\fI0

in all cases, and prints the console type to stdout.

.TP

When passed the \fIfg\fR argument, \fBconsoletype\fR returns

.TP

\fI0

if the console connected to standard input is the current virtual

terminal

.TP

\fI1

otherwise.