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From: subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: how to stty another terminal?
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Date: 7 Dec 90 14:17:29 GMT
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In article <1990Dec07.055142.11132@eecs.wsu.edu> rnelson@yoda.UUCP (Roger Nelson) writes:
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>How to you stty a terminal line that you are not currently connected to.
>
>Specifically I have written a small C shell script that prints to a local
>printer connected to a terminal (even if you are not logged in with that
>terminal).  This works fine (NL is mapped to CR LF) as long as someone is
>logged in with the terminal.  When no one is logged in with the terminal, 
>NL is only mapped to LF.
>
>So what I would like to do is specify the device, something like:
>
>     stty -d ttyd4 onlcr
>     
>Is there a way?

Yes. Either stty onlcr < /dev/ttyd4, stty onclr > /dev/ttyd4 

( I'm not sure which one. )

Or just open /dev/ttyd4, load in the struct sgttyb (or termio for SunOS),
diddle the right flags, and then issue the appropriate ioctl().


			-Kartik


			
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