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Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/COHERENT/getty, revision 1.1.1.1

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                      3: getty                   System Maintenance                  getty
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                      8: Terminal initialization
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                     10: /eettcc/ggeettttyy _t_y_p_e
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                     12: The initialization  process init invokes getty  for each terminal
                     13: indicated in the file /etc/ttys.  getty tries to read a user name
                     14: from the terminal which  is the standard input, adapting its mode
                     15: settings  accordingly.  Then  getty invokes  login with  the name
                     16: read.  This  process may  set delays,  mapping of upper  to lower
                     17: case,  speed, and  whether  the terminal  normally uses  carriage
                     18: return or linefeed to terminate input.
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                     20: If the terminal baud rate  is wrong, the login message printed by
                     21: getty will appear garbled.  If the specified type indicates vari-
                     22: able speeds, as described  below, hitting BREAK will try the next
                     23: speed.
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                     25: init passes  the third character in a line  of the file /etc/ttys
                     26: as the  type argument to  getty.  type conveys  information about
                     27: the  terminal port.   An upper-case  letter in the  range A  to S
                     28: specifies a hard-wired baud rate, as indicated in the header file
                     29: <sgtty.h>.  Other  characters specify a range  of speeds suitable
                     30: to a  dial-in modem.   The following variable-speed  settings are
                     31: recognized:
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                     33: 00  Cycles  through speeds 300,  1200, 150, and 110  baud, in that
                     34:    order.  This is a good default setting for dial-in ports.
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                     36: -  Teletype model 33, fixed at 110 baud.
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                     38: 11  Teletype model 37, fixed at 150 baud.
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                     40: 22  9600 baud with delays (e.g., Tektronix 4104).
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                     42: 33  Cycles  between 2400, 1200,  and 300 baud.  This  is used with
                     43:    2400-bps modems.
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                     45: 44  DECwriter (LA36) with delays.
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                     47: 55  Like 3, but starts at 300 baud.
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                     49: getty  recognizes the following  fixed-speed settings,  for hard-
                     50: wired terminals:
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                     52:         AA       50 baud
                     53:         BB       75 baud
                     54:         CC       110 baud
                     55:         DD       134 baud
                     56:         EE       150 baud
                     57:         FF       200 baud
                     58:         GG       300 baud
                     59:         HH       600 baud
                     60:         II       1200 baud
                     61:         JJ       1800 baud
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                     64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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                     69: getty                   System Maintenance                  getty
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                     73:         KK       2000 baud
                     74:         LL       2400 baud
                     75:         MM       3600 baud
                     76:         NN       4800 baud
                     77:         OO       7200 baud
                     78:         PP       9600 baud
                     79:         QQ       19200 baud
                     80:         RR       EXT
                     81:         SS       EXT
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                     83: ***** Files *****
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                     85: /etc/tty
                     86: <sgtty.h>
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                     88: ***** See Also *****
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                     90: init, ioctl(), login, sgtty.h, system maintenance, stty, ttys
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