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From: pat@rwing.UUCP (Pat Myrto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 19200 baud on the Unix PC serial port
Summary: spelling of "exta" flag
Message-ID: <1009@rwing.UUCP>
Date: 29 Dec 89 20:11:05 GMT
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In article <5272@eagle.wesleyan.edu>, flinton@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
>
> Sorry -- should that  "exta"  be an  "extra" ?  Or is it right as is?

The flag `exta' is an abbreviation for "External A", and the spelling
"exta" is correct.  Note also, if getty is to be used at 19200 on a
port (assuming the /etc/getty supplied with the system) the baudrate
used in a gettydefs entry is "EXTA", instead of "B19200", the latter
giving an "Undefined:  B19200" error.  This is in spite of the fact
that the distributed gettydefs has an entry for 19200 using the B19200
flag.  As always, copy gettydefs to a work copy, edit on that, and do
a `getty -c' on that copy before making it the real file, to avoid
problems.

I hope this clears up some confusion...
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