Re: getty vs minicom
In article <cistron.s78d78fd.052@SPIDY>,
Marc Mongeon <Mongeon@bankoe.com> wrote:
>Andrew:
>
>I believe that this is exactly how lock files are supposed to work. When
>getty is active, it is using the serial port, and no other application should
>be able to access it.
Well, yes, that's probbaly what it doesn, but it's not very smart.
Use mgetty - it's smarter. It only creates a lockfile when someone
dials in, and if it detects activity while a lockfile is already present
it assumes you're using minicom on the serial port and just steps
aside until you're done (when the minicom lockfile disappears).
Mike.
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