ruby-ttyname

ruby-ttyname is a small library that lets get the name of a tty device.

ruby-ttyname adds one method (ttyname) for use with any IO instance for a TTY device.

Installing

Recommended

gem install ttyname

Edge

git clone https://github.com/samuelkadolph/ruby-ttyname
cd ruby-ttyname && rake install

Usage

To get the ttyname of the $stdout terminal.

require "ttyname"

name = $stdout.ttyname
puts "Your terminal is #{name}"