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1.1     ! root        1: .TH TTYS 5  "18 July 1983"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: ttys \- terminal initialization data
        !             4: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             5: The
        !             6: .I ttys
        !             7: file is read by the
        !             8: .I init
        !             9: program and specifies which terminal special files are to have
        !            10: a process created for them so that people can log in.
        !            11: There is one line in the 
        !            12: .I ttys
        !            13: file per special file.
        !            14: .PP
        !            15: The first character of a line in the 
        !            16: .I ttys
        !            17: file is either `0' or `1'.  If the first character on the line is a `0', the 
        !            18: .I init
        !            19: program ignores that line.  If the first character on the line is a `1', the
        !            20: .I init
        !            21: program creates a login process for that line.
        !            22: The second character on each line is used as an argument to
        !            23: .IR getty (8),
        !            24: which performs such tasks as baud-rate recognition, reading the login name,
        !            25: and calling
        !            26: .I login.
        !            27: For normal lines, the character is `0';
        !            28: other characters can be used, for example, with hard-wired terminals
        !            29: where speed recognition is unnecessary or which have special characteristics.
        !            30: .RI ( Getty
        !            31: will have to be fixed in such cases.)
        !            32: The remainder of the line is the terminal's entry in the device directory, /dev.
        !            33: .SH FILES
        !            34: /etc/ttys
        !            35: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            36: gettytab(5), init(8), getty(8), login(1)

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