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Subject: Re: Gritching about XFree86 and serial port naming
To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 08:59:09 -0500 (CDT)
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> `talk peter ttyXX' won't work if peter is actually logged in to cuaXX.

If you're logged in on cuaa0 "talk peter ttya0" won't work either.

If you're distinguishing them by the last two letters, why not do what
SCO does and call them "ttyd0" and "ttyD0" or something? Mixing up two
mechanisims for separating the namespace is asking for trouble.