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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: slattach and /dev/ptyp?
Date: 28 Sep 1995 23:43:36 +0100
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Carl Makin <C.Makin@nla.gov.au> wrote:
>I'm trying to setup a slip link through a pty so that I can talk to a daemon
>that does IPIP encapsulation for Ham radio use.
>
>I'm having trouble with slattach failing with the error that the device 
>doesn't support TIOCSDTR.

I'm afraid that slave pty's won't even allow you to switch line
disciplines at all, so the TIOCSDTR appears to be a minor problem to
me.
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
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