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To: Tom Samplonius <tom@uniserve.com>
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Subject: Re: stty? 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 02 Feb 96 18:18:56 PST."
             <Pine.BSF.3.91.960202181742.17315C-100000@haven.uniserve.com> 
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 20:06:15 PST
From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
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In message <Pine.BSF.3.91.960202181742.17315C-100000@haven.uniserve.com> you wr
ite:
>  Why does the following:
>
>stty 38400 < /dev/cuaa3
>
>not set the baud rate to 38400?  If I do a "stty < /dev/cuaa3" 
>afterwards, it says that the baud rate is still 9600.

Because the port resets itself to initial settings whenever it is closed
and then re-opened.  You can use the "initial settings" device, /dev/cuaia3,
or you can keep the device open between the stty and the use.

  Bill