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From: coleman@cam.nist.gov (Sean Sheridan Coleman X5672)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: TIOCEXCL and recovering from it.
Message-ID: <8189@alpha.cam.nist.gov>
Date: 18 Apr 91 21:02:08 GMT
Organization: National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
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In a program I wrote, I set TIOEXCL bit on a serial line.
Unfortuantly, the bit wasn't removed when I did a CTRL-C.

My question is: Is there a way to clear this port without 
having to reboot since I have lost the file descriptor when I 
quit the program.


Sean Coleman
NIST
Boulder, CO

coleman@bldrdoc.gov