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From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: sio - problem with login hanging up
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 22:19:49 GMT
Message-ID: <CAuGp4.ALD@sugar.NeoSoft.COM>
References: <CAq3uA.9nx@sugar.NeoSoft.COM> <231ka4INNrkf@kralizec.zeta.org.au> <1993Jul27.190228.22230@emba.uvm.edu>
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In article <1993Jul27.190228.22230@emba.uvm.edu> wollman@UVM.EDU (Garrett Wollman) writes:
> exec 3>/dev/ttyxx
> stty clocal </dev/ttyxx
> connection_program /dev/ttyxx grimble blat
> slattach blah /dev/ttyxx blah
> exec 3>&-

BRAVO! I like that.

To BDE:

As for clocal, a terminal can easily be wired so it doesn't matter if
you're clocal or not. A modem, you really should default to -clocal,
and you can't wire it. I think the default should therefor be -clocal.
-- 
Peter da Silva.  <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
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