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From: cwr@pnet01.cts.com (Will Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: PC 1.5.10 & /etc/ttys
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Date: 10 Jan 91 10:36:02 GMT
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Some time ago I tired of trying to remember what 1d2 meant, and patched
the 1.5.10 init to allow comments in /etc/ttys (and also got init to call
getty with the speed it read from ttys).  I've just been looking at Steve
Kirkendall's revised tset, which seems a very good idea, but once again
involves additional data in /etc/ttys.  Could some authority (ast? Bruce
Evans?) define a standard /etc/ttys format, that would allow more 
functionality than the current version?  It might be nice in 1.6...
 
My bet is:
 
# comment
nnn [SK's terminal type] # comment
# comment
[nnttyname]
 
etc... 
 
The nnn, nnttyname above are lines using the current standard.  Obviously,
all the comments are optional - but they make life a lot easier when you're
messing with multiple log-ons.
 
Comments, anyone?
 
Will
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