option #17

Terminal number returned by TNMBR

WSupported on Windows
USupported on Unix
VSupported on OpenVMS

 

System option #17 controls how the deprecated %TNMBR routine determines the terminal number.

On OpenVMS, if you set option #17, %TNMBR uses the physical device to determine the terminal number for a virtual terminal. If you don’t set option #17, %TNMBR returns a number based on the VT device specification for a virtual terminal.