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Subject: tty watcher
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Date: Wed, 9-Sep-87 09:15:45 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  9 09:15:45 1987
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A while back I'd asked if anyone has an effective tty
watcher or "spy" program, or if they had suggestion as to
how such a thing could be accomplished.

The most common reply was; use 'cat < /dev/ttyxx', good
idea, but the I/O gets confused and can't quite figure out
where things are supposed to go.

Several versions of *NIX must have had a "hook" or stub in
the kernal as more than one person made mention of a 'spy'
program that effectivally let you tune in on some one elses
tty.

To make a long story short, appearently it just can't be
done. Looks like MS-DOS wins this round.

Thanks for all the reply and suggestions.

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