Subject: Re: pcvt and TIOCCONS
To: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 04/22/1996 14:32:57
On Fri, 19 Apr 96 12:53:09 EDT
"Gordon W. Ross" <gwr@mc.com> wrote:
> > > I like cgd's idea about supporting globs here.
> >
> > Also agreed.
>
> This lets you have one record apply to many tty lines.
> Is this something people actually want to do or just a
> "creaping feature?"
Actually, I could see a real benefit in being able to do this, in, say,
chris's "modem use" example. Or, perhaps someone would like some special
action to be applied to network ptys.
> We do not provide globbing in /etc/ttys so why should we do
> it in the file(s) that specify tty login/logout actions?
Hmm ... Maybe because /etc/ttys "defines" which ttys/ptys "exist", but
/etc/ttyactions (or whatever :-) defines what you want to do to/with a
tty/pty that's known to exist.
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