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From: eric@fudge.uchicago.edu (Eric Fischer)
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Thomas H. Ptacek <tqbf@enteract.com> wrote:

> >Which `terminal type' that might be a FreeBSD enhancement?
> 
> If I'm not mistaken, including a terminal type in /etc/ttys is a FreeBSD
> enhancement.

There's a terminal type column in NetBSD's /etc/ttys too, and
in SunOS's /etc/ttytab, so I'd say this predates FreeBSD.

eric