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From: donlash@uncle.UUCP (Donald Lashomb)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: tty
Keywords: tty /dev
Message-ID: <689@uncle.UUCP>
Date: 10 Feb 90 01:06:52 GMT
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Reply-To: donlash@uncle.UUCP (Donald Lashomb)
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In simple terms: /dev/tty is not connected to any single *real* tty, it
is a special program that connects to ->your<- terminal, whatever it may be.
Things like /dev/tty01..02..n are connected to *real* ttys.

-Don