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From: kb@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Ken Burgess)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: stty on hp9000s300
Message-ID: <5570485@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Sep 90 16:36:05 GMT
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For the stty parms to "stick" some process must be holding the port
open. One common way to "hold a port" is to use the command

nohup sleep 900000 < /dev/tty?? &

This is done in inittab for serial line printers etc.

Ken