ttytype under 4.0

dinah@shell.UUCP (Dinah Anderson) (03/16/89)

In troubleshooting a terminal problem, I noticed that there is no longer a
/etc/ttytype file under 4.0. However, there is still a man page on
ttytype, but I can find no other reference to ttytype in the other man
pages:

cd /usr/man/cat1

fmcrunch% grep ttytype ./* | more
fmcrunch% 

Under 3.x:

dogwood% grep ttytype ./* | more
./reset.1:     office terminal is hardwired and known in /etc/ttytype, you
./reset.1:     /etc/ttytype port name to terminal type mapping database
./reset.1:     csh(1), sh(1), stty(1V), ttytype(5), termcap(5), environ(5V)
./tset.1:     office terminal is hardwired and known in /etc/ttytype, you
./tset.1:     /etc/ttytype port name to terminal type mapping database
./tset.1:     csh(1), sh(1), stty(1V), ttytype(5), termcap(5), environ(5V)


Should the /etc/ttytype man page not really be distributed? I also ran
across a problem wher

# kill -HUP 1

does not really create new version of /etc/ttys which is what I
interpreted the man page for init to say. Anyone run across this or did I
read the man page wrong?

Dinah Anderson 
Shell Oil Company, Information Center (713) 795-3287
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trudel@caip.rutgers.edu (Jonathan D. Trudel) (03/31/89)

>In troubleshooting a terminal problem, I noticed that there is no longer a
>/etc/ttytype file under 4.0. 

WHat you need to look at is the man page for ttytab.  Sun in its wisdom
abandoned the /etc/ttys & /etc/ttytype approach in favor of the ttytab
scheme.  It replaces the old system, and is easy to understand.

># kill -HUP 1

>does not really create new version of /etc/ttys which is what I
>interpreted the man page for init to say. Anyone run across this or did I
>read the man page wrong?

When you 'kill' init, ttys is re-initialized to the values found in
ttytab.  If you don't change ttytab, ttys isn't re-created (or is it, but
with the same values?).

	Jon