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From: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Kermit vs uugetty
Message-ID: <62@demott.COM>
Date: 9 Mar 90 17:22:05 GMT
Reply-To: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Organization: DeMott Electronics Co., Van Nuys CA
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    We have a modem on /dev/tty01 with a uugetty running on it for
normal network use.  Occasionally, I would like to be able to use this
modem to call other systems (such as bbs's) and transfer files (we don't
have ftp capability).  I have kermit to do the transfers, but it seems
to butt heads with the uugetty in trying to get the incoming data -
uugetty reads the output from kermit, barfs, sends error messages which
kermit gets as input. 

    Is there any way to make these guys happy campers? I hate to think
that this:

    - modify /etc/inittab, changing respawn to off for /dev/tty01
    - kill the uugetty
    - use kermit
    - modify /etc/inittab back to original
    - kick init.

is the only "right" way to do things.  What am I missing?

kdq
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