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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: bde@zeta.org.au, peter@nmti.com
Subject: Re: Gritching about XFree86 and serial port naming
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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.

cua* has been used for a long time.

Bruce