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[MiNT] Detecting dialup connections

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Subject: [MiNT] Detecting dialup connections
From: Guido Flohr <gufl0000@stud.uni-sb.de>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 14:53:15 +0201
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On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 08:37:48AM +0000, John Blakeley wrote:
> I need to know which tty users of different hardware use to connect a
> modem to.
> 
> ST's have ttya (iirc), Falcons use ttyb, but which tty's do Mega, TT,
> Milan and Hades owners use?

I had a similar problem yesterday.  The new login program should be able
to find out if a particular tty is a dialup device.  Is there a portable
way to do that?

I currently check the name of the line and assume a tty for the following:

	ttyS*
	tty[a-z]
	modem[0-9]
	serial[0-9]

The detection is not critical.  It is only used to syslog a "DIALUP at
ttyS2 by guest".

Anyway, would anybody mind if we would recommend from now on "ttyS*" as
the names of the serial lines?

Ciao

Guido
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Follow-Ups:
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References:
- [MiNT] which tty?
  - From: John Blakeley <john.blakeley@mon.bbc.co.uk>

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