dedicated tty lines
phil at sequent.UUCP
phil at sequent.UUCP
Sat Feb 18 13:43:28 AEST 1984
> The easiest way to have a dedicated tty line is this:
> mknod /dev/printer c 22 1
> chmod a=w /dev/printer
> mknod /dev/tty01 c 22 1
>
Having more than one name that points to the same device is not
a particularly good idea. It is a much better practice to make
a hard link to the two or use "mv". i.e.:
mknod /dev/tty01 22 1
ln /dev/tty01 /dev/printer
chmod a=w /dev/printer
How many people know why this is better?
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Phil Hochstetler
Sequent Computer Systems
...!sequent!phil
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