Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: inittab entries Message-ID: <4916@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Jan-84 17:51:04 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.4916 Posted: Mon Jan 30 17:51:04 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 2-Feb-84 01:09:35 EST References: <287@denelcor.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 16 Without a program 'hanging onto' a port the settings are pretty much useless, at least in V7 and 4BSD. A tty that is not attached to a process gets reset when you open it to a (probably site-dependent) default. The only way to get it to go some way and stay that way is to open it and hold onto it, then set the modes. A "standard trick" is to use sleep 1000000 > /dev/ttyXX & before setting things up. (Then you have to go kill the sleep later, usually.) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris.umcp-cs@CSNet-Relay