DEVTYPE

Syntax

DEVTYPE [(#channel)]

Location

SMS

This function returns a value to indicate the type of device the specified channel (default #0) is connected to. At present, you should only look at the first three bits of the return value, ie:

x%=DEVTYPE(#channel)
x%=x% && 3

The value returned is:

  • 0 - a purely serial device

  • 1 - a screen device

  • 2 - a file system device (ie. it supports file positioning)

Any other values indicate that there is something wrong with the channel (if the value is >2) otherwise, a negative value means that the channel is not open.

NOTE

Prior to v2.71, DEVTYPE would return ‘End of File’ error if the specified channel was attached to a file and the file pointer was at the end of the file.

CROSS-REFERENCE

OPEN, OPEN_IN, OPEN_NEW and OPEN_OVER allow you to open channels.