Too many inits
dyer at wivax.UUCP
dyer at wivax.UUCP
Fri Jun 3 13:32:34 AEST 1983
Re: /etc/init appears on dialup lines, /etc/getty appears on hard-wired lines.
The reason for this is that init performs the open of the terminal device,
followed by dup(0), dup(0), generating file handle 0, 1, and 2 aka STDIN,
STDOUT and STDERR.) An open on a dialup line blocks until carrier is
detected, whereas an open on a hard-wired line succeeds immediately.
In both cases, after the open and dup's, init executes /etc/getty.
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