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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!sgigate.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!oleane!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!weld.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!bbc!exnet2!news.uk0.vbc.net!news.tid.com!ns.tid.com!nfmn From: Nuno Filipe Monteiro Nunes <nfmn@ns.tid.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Serial port reading Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 18:02:00 +0200 Organization: TID Lines: 31 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960719175019.5545A-100000@ns.tid.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ns.tid.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hello all, I'm new to the BSD o.s. so this question is probably silly but if someone could help I'd be really gratefull... So my problem is this: I have a device connected to my pc serial port (well, to both ports to be more precise...) and it is constantly dumping text lines which I have to dump to a file. So the thing is, how can I do this? I've looked around the man pages for things like snp, watch and everything but I can't use them unless I establish a conection on the devices (ttyd0 and ttyd1), so who can I set them up to do this? Is getty what I'm looking for? I really don't think so but with proper parametrization, maybe? So now that I've come to the experts I can just seat back and relax, right? :-)) Anyway, I've allready lost a few days looking for this so it really is getting on my nerves, after all, how hard can it be to set up a simple serial line reader? Thanx a lot! nuno ---- Nuno Nunes nfmn@tid.com Transferencia Internacional de Dados, SA Voice: +351 1 343 0501 Lisboa, Portugal Fax: +351 1 343 0511