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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: stopping unwanted output to tty
Message-ID: <19354@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 28 Feb 91 01:16:35 GMT
References: <1155@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1155@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au> mcba@newt.phys.unsw.OZ.AU (Michael C. B. Ashley) writes:
> Picture this:   you are logged into your trusty DECstation using a 1200
>                 baud modem. You accidently enter a command which results
>                 in a few megabytes of data being sent down the modem
>                 (e.g., perhaps your program had a few more compilation
>                 errors than you thought it would :-)).
> 
> Question:       How do you avoid having to wait half an hour or so before
>                 getting control of your DECstation back again?

Real questions:   what's your environment?

		  If you have a high speed modem on the decsystem that's
		  buffering output, you need to defeat the modem.  Some
		  modems can be set up to purge buffered output when they
		  receive a break.

		  If there's a telnet connection involved, you're probably
		  screwed, take a coffee break.

		  Otherwise, get somebody to spring for a faster modem!  8-)

> 
> Presumably there is some simple answer to this question. I have tried
> every control character known to man, read dozens of manual pages on
> terminal settings and line disciplines, and consulted local gurus,
> without being any the wiser.
> 
> Any advice gratefully accepted.
> Michael Ashley mcba@newt.phys.unsw.oz.au Astrophysics Department
> University of New South Wales


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