Interfacing with uugetty on Unix System V R3.1 & HDB uucp.

[Metro T. Sauper]

Could somebody please tell me what magic I have to do to open
a serial port for an outgoing connection similar to what cu does?

My system is an AT&T 3B2 running Unix System V, R3.1 with HDB uucp.

I have tried creating a lock file in /usr/spool/locks and this only seems
to work for a short time.  soon afterwards, uugetty seems to remove the
lock file, and start competing for characters coming in the port.

Could some one please itemize the steps which "cu' goes through to set up
the port for communications?

Thanks,
Metro

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