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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.eur.encompass.com!Leiden.NL.net!Utrecht.NL.net!news.iaf.nl!news.es.iaf.nl!yedi!wilko From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) Subject: Re: Determining Terminal Type Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands Message-ID: <DvFHq2.2K6@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <4tjv6q$rco@news.netusa.net> <4tluud$c0o@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 22:13:14 GMT Lines: 18 j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes: >jw@usbbs.com (John Woodstock) wrote: >> Is there an easy way to have BSD query the terminal when someone >> telnets or dials into the system in order to see what type of terminal >> it is? I can see how to do it manually, just couldn't see any way to >> do it automagically.. >Read the Unix Haters Handbook to learn about this misconception of >Unix. ;-) >Actually, telnet can forward the existing TERM variable. There's null >chance for dialin, however. Or find a VT100 and run VMS 8-) Wilko