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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 11:43:35 -0600
From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
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In-Reply-To: <199510271613.MAA13992@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> (urcf@fang.cs.sunyit.edu)
Subject: Re: A few questions.
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>>>>> "Rodney" == Rodney C Forbes <urcf@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> writes:

    Rodney> 2. I can use tip to connect to the modem and then use AT
    Rodney> commands to dial out, but I can't use it to dial a system
    Rodney> in my remote/phones files.  It doesn't recognize the phone
    Rodney> number if the entry in /etc/remote references a number in
    Rodney> /etc/phones.

In capability files like /etc/remote, the @ sign is special.  Escape
it.  For example:

	blah|blah|blah:dv=/dev/cuaa2:br#115200:pn=\@:

-- 
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA

Tinsel is really snakes' mirrors. -- Steven Wright