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From: jrw@hropus.UUCP (Jim Webb)
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Subject: Re: Not a typewriter
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Date: Tue, 10-Jun-86 18:18:55 EDT
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> 
> What does the sys_errlist message 'Not a typewriter' *really* mean??
> 

This message crops up when you try to do an ioctl on a file descriptor
that is not a terminal, for example:

		$  >/tmp/file			# just create a normal file and
		$  stty 9600 </tmp/file		# try to set it to 9600 baud
		stty: : not a typewriter
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Jim Webb                                        ihnp4!houxm!hropus!jrw