Re: login(1) vs "dialout ttys"

[uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost (Valery Ushakov)]

Aymeric Vincent <aymericvincent%free.fr@localhost> wrote:

> Out of curiosity, I'm also interested to know if /dev/dtyxx is the
> new incarnation of /dev/ttydxx or if they serve different purposes.

Yes.  From tty(4):

     The /dev/dtyXX special file is a SunOS-compatible dial-out device.

Some drivers' manual pages, including com(4) also mention that
(see "apropos dial-out").

-uwe