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Command: ttys | Section: 5 | Source: UNIX v10 | File: ttys.5
TTYS(5) File Formats Manual TTYS(5)
NAME
ttys - terminal initialization data
DESCRIPTION
The file directs init(8) in associating login processes with terminal
ports. It contains one line per port.
If the first character of a line is the line will be ignored; if it is
the line will be effective. The second character is used as an argu-
ment to getty(8), which performs such tasks as baud-rate recognition,
reading the login name, and calling login(8). For normal lines, the
character is Other characters can be used, for example, with hard-wired
terminals where speed recognition is unnecessary or which have special
characteristics; see getty(8) for a list. The remainder of the line is
the terminal's entry in the device directory,
FILES
SEE ALSO
init(8), getty(8), login(8)
TTYS(5)