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- From: x03@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (A. Stegmeier)
- Subject: Re: dial-in modem setup
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.122720.10496@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
- Organization: University of Heidelberg (Germany)
- References: <28115@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <BzyFyu.1D6@quadsys.com>
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 12:27:20 GMT
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- In article <BzyFyu.1D6@quadsys.com> roland@quadsys.com (Roland Besserer) writes:
- >envbvs@epb11.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) writes:
- >:
- >: My Sparc ELC's also don't have /etc/gettydefs and it is not in the man pages.
- >: What is the format for this file and who (which program) uses it?
- >:
- >/etc/gettydefs is a Sys V.x beast and is used to control serial line
- >behavior. BSD derivatives do not have this file but typically use /etc/ttys
- >or, on the SUN, /etc/ttytab.
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- The file you may want to look at, is /etc/gettytab.
- In the /etc/ttytab you specify which entry of gettytab to use.
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- >Anyway, gettydefs is a pretty good example of how System V systems
- >management, though different from BSD, is generally superior - aka easier.
- >
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- Achim
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