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From: rst@liciren.li.co.uk (Richard Thombs)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: Re: Naming convention for tty-like devices
Message-ID: <1786@lucifer.UUCP>
Date: 20 May 93 07:51:27 GMT
References: <C77J1C.LCI@rex.uokhsc.edu> <1993May18.103444.26378@gmd.de> <C79w03.Guy@sugar.NeoSoft.COM>
Organization: Lucas Powertrain Systems, Electronic Control Group, UK
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I always thought that you could to a 'ps -tpa' to list all the process on
ttypa. The reason I noticed that names like com0 and com1 were a pain is
because you can use this method.
How about /dev/tty[a-o][0-9a-f] for serial lines
and /dev/tty[p-z][0-9a-f] for pseudo ttys?
Plenty of serial lines, plenty of pseudo ttys and a 'normal' naming scheme.
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Richard Thombs Lucas Powertrain Systems,
Systems Administrator Phoenix Way,
Mail: rst@liciren.li.co.uk Cirencester, GL7 1QG,
Phone: +44 285 657981 x233 England.