[comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt] Use of /dev/ltty?

dougc@agora.uucp (Doug Carter) (05/25/90)

In article <785@duteca.UUCP> jeanpaul@duteca.tudelft.nl (J.P.M. van der Jagt) writes:
>
>I have a question: What is the use of the /dev/ltty -devices on AIX2.2.1
>running on RT6150. They are created by the "devices"-command and are
>mentioned in /etc/ports as "synonyms".
>
The /dev/ltty node is a seperate entry point to the device driver for modem
contols. It gets created when you specify dvam=1 (remote) in devices. I use it
when setting my modem to auto answer:     

echo "ATS0=1\c\r" > /dev/ltty0




(Doug Carter) dougc@agora.hf.intel.com