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- From: chip@chinacat.unicom.com (Chip Rosenthal)
- Subject: Re: Changing serial port characteristics under SCO
- Organization: Unicom Systems Development, Austin, TX
- Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 06:38:58 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan07.063858.6228@chinacat.unicom.com>
- References: <78@mhinfo.UUCP>
- Lines: 34
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- In article <78@mhinfo.UUCP> rwc@mhinfo.UUCP (Ralph Callaway) writes:
- >I know that there is an easy way to permanently change a serial
- >ports default characteristics at startup time
-
- No, there really isn't. That's why some vendors provide an extended
- stty command. For example, the DigiBoard cards allow you to lock
- down rtspace and ctspace with their `ditty' command. Many other vendors
- do this too. Check out the docs that came with your serial board.
-
- Actually, calling this stuff permanent is misleading. It isn't. It
- does persist across a close/open, and because it uses proprietary
- extensions your average everyday application won't know where to find
- the settings much less screw with them.
-
- Here are a couple of things to consider:
-
- 1) Complain to your software vendor. Not supporting the print spooler
- is bogus. Tell them to stick to DOS software if they are that
- badly lacking in clues.
-
- 2) Consider doing the printing to a pseudo-device, and then using a
- daemon to slurp down the print job and shuffle it off to the spooler.
- If your idiot software vendor isn't doing anything with terminal
- control, then a simple named pipe will do as the device and the
- daemon can be a dozen line shell script. If these morons do try
- to do terminal settings than you'll have to use a pseudo-tty.
-
- By the way, you are doing the public a grave disservice by not mentioning
- the name of the application vendor. I for one would like to know who
- they are so that I can avoid any of their products.
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