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  1. From: ajs@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Alan Silverstein)
  2. Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 19:05:04 GMT
  3. Subject: Re: How do I convert major/minor combination to a tty device.
  4. Message-ID: <7371292@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
  5. Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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  7. Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
  8. References: <1992Sep04.122745.629@donau.et.tudelft.nl>
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  11. > I'm looking for a way to convert a major/minor combination to a string
  12. > defining a tty device.
  13.  
  14. The next release will include a new devnm(3) library call.
  15.  
  16. Meanwhile, ttyname(3) will do what you want -- if the terminal is
  17. available as an open file.
  18.