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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Kermit & UUGETTY
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.115414.18601@virtech.uucp>
Date: 21 Jun 91 11:54:14 GMT
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peter@miller.cs.uwm.edu (Peter J. Diaz de Leon) writes:
>What I need is a version of Kermit or some other communication
>program which when invoked kills the uugetty, and allows me
>to connect to the modem and dial out.

No.  What you need is a kermit that creats a lock file in /usr/spool/lock
so that the uugetty knows to leave the line alone (that is how cu
does it).

The other solution (which is documented in the FAQ) is to use the dual-port
feature present in most OSs.  This allows you to have a standard getty on 
a line and use another /dev entry for dial out.  the tty driver handles 
the handshaking and locking internally.
-- 
I guess these are the views of VTI - since it is my consulting company.

Conor P. Cahill              (703)430-9247              uunet!virtech!cpcahil 
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