Subject: Re: defaults for tty open
To: Ken Hornstein <kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>
From: Lucio de Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/02/1996 14:00:21
>
> You mean, like the SunOS printcap entry that lets you specify stty-like
> settings (but doesn't actually _invoke_ stty)? You know, there are patches
> laying around on the net for BSD lpr that _do_ this. I wish I knew where
> I saw them.
>
You know, this discussion definitely reminds me that SCO or Microsoft
didn't do everything wrong around Unix. The /etc/default directory
and associated library access routines were a good idea. Perhaps the
time is ripe to adopt such an idea in the public domain BSD
releases...
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