Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcvax!ukc!stc!root44!njh From: njh@root.co.uk (Nigel Horne) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: CLOCAL, or catch-22 Message-ID: <395@root44.co.uk> Date: Wed, 12-Aug-87 04:33:07 EDT Article-I.D.: root44.395 Posted: Wed Aug 12 04:33:07 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Aug-87 08:23:09 EDT References: <325@nsta.UUCP> <163@tmsoft.UUCP> Reply-To: njh@root44.UUCP (Nigel Horne) Distribution: world Organization: Root Computers Ltd, London, England Lines: 14 In article <163@tmsoft.UUCP> mason@tmsoft.UUCP (Dave Mason) writes: >CLOCAL doesn't seem to do much, except determine whether a subsequent open >without the O_NDELAY will wait for carrier or not. So you do the open above, CLOCAL does do something. It tells the driver to ignore modem toggles. So if you switch off your terminal you don't get logged out if CLOCAL is set, but you do get logged out if it isn't. -Nigel -- -- Nigel Horne, Divisional Director, Root Technical Systems. G1ITH Fax: (01) 726 8158 Phone: +44 1 606 7799 Telex: 885995 ROOT G BT Gold: CQQ173