Thus spake Charles M. Hannum
> I'd like to see this moved into a library (say, libutil), which can be
> used by all the programs that need it.  e.g.  One could imagine an
> interface like:
> 
> 	opentty("/dev/ttyNN", {DIALIN,DAILOUT})
> 	-> 0 for success
> 	   -1 for failure, leaving errno set
> 
> This would also make it easier to port such code to other systems; all
> you have to do is redefine this function as appropriate, and they all
> just work.
> 
> Anyone want to volunteer to do this (i.e. fully specify and implement
> it)?

I have already done this.  I'll see how easy it is to break it out and post
it soon for inspection.

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