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From: rdg@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Rob Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Need help setting up RS-232 port
Message-ID: <1080056@hpfcmgw.HP.COM>
Date: 6 Jun 89 18:36:33 GMT
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> >	/* open device as read / write 	 see mknod to make /dev/tty 	*/
> >	/* mknod /dev/tty c 1 0xscpp04 					*/

> Err, umm, unless HP-UX is a REALLY ALIEN life form (and, as far as I

It isn't.

> If you really meant "/dev/tty<something_or_other>", e.g.  "/dev/tty04"
> or whatever, shouldn't that already exist once you've installed your
> system?

Device files for ttys do not necessarily exist after an install.

Rob