On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 09:59:50AM -0600, Ken Fuchs wrote:
> >$ screen /dev/ttyS0 9600 vt100
>
> This works great too! However, this command line is inconsistent with
> the man page. I shouldn't be surprised by man page bugs in open
> source software. Right?
You prompted me to read the manpage more thoroughly. It's very long,
and I tend only to look for what I need. Perhaps I should take up
pleasure reading of random manpages. ;-)
Here's the excerpt that describes this functionality for screen:
WINDOW TYPE
...
The normal window contains a shell (default, if no parameter is
given) or any other sys tem command that could be executed from a
shell (e.g. slogin, etc...)
If a tty (character special device) name (e.g. "/dev/ttya") is
specified as the first parameter, then the window is directly
connected to this device. This window type is similar to
"screen cu -l /dev/ttya". Read and write access is required on the
device node, an exclusive open is attempted on the node to mark the
connection line as busy. An optional parameter is allowed
consisting of a comma separated list of flags in the nota tion used
by stty(1):
<baud_rate>
Usually 300, 1200, 9600 or 19200. This affects transmission as
well as receive speed.
cs8 or cs7
Specify the transmission of eight (or seven) bits per byte.
ixon or -ixon
Enables (or disables) software flow-control (CTRL-S/CTRL-Q) for
sending data.
ixoff or -ixon
Enables (or disables) software flow-control for receiving data.
istrip or -istrip
Clear (or keep) the eight bit in each received byte.
...
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Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> | a.k.a. ^chewie
http://www.wookimus.net/ | s.k.a. gunnarr
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