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From: vern@zebra.UUCP (Vernon C. Hoxie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general
Subject: setgetty
Message-ID: <143@zebra.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 89 18:18:39 GMT
Organization: Alpha Science Computer Networks, Denver, Colo.
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	I was looking through the code for 'pcomm2' and saw that they
had a system('setgetty tty mode') call.  Looking through my manuals, I
cannot find any reference to this command.  Upon listing the /usr/bin, I
find that such a command is indeed part of the set.  It has but one link,
so I infer that it is not an optional entry to some other command.

	Where can I get documentation on this command and how many other
goodies are present in the system which are not documented?

	BTW when I was reading about linking 'zcat' to 'compress' to get
an optional usage, I remembered reading in "UNIX System Administration"
by David Fiedler and Bruce H. Hunter, Hayden Books, about optional
commands to 'ls'.  They said that linking 'll' to 'ls' would produce a
long listing without having to add options.  I tried it and I like it.
The book lists other links to 'ls' to simulate the '-m', '-r', '-F' and '-x'
options.  The links are 'l', 'lr', 'lf' and 'lx'.  They are listed on
page 22 if you have that book.
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