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diff --git a/static/v10/man8/getty.8 b/static/v10/man8/getty.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..41c7cf37 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man8/getty.8 @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +.TH GETTY 8 +.CT 1 sa_auto secur +.SH NAME +getty \- set terminal mode +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B /etc/getty +[ +.I char +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Getty +is invoked by +.IR init (8) +after a terminal is opened. +While reading the user's name +.I getty +attempts to adapt the system to the speed and type of terminal +being used. +.PP +.I Init +calls +.I getty +with an argument specified by the +.IR ttys (5) +entry for the terminal line. +The argument +.I char +determines the line speed +and other characteristics; +see below. +.I Getty +then types a banner identifying the system (from +.FR /etc/whoami ) +and the +.L login: +message. +The user's name is then read, a character at a time. +If a null character is received, it is assumed to be the result +of the user pushing the `break' (`interrupt') key. +The speed is then +changed to another baud rate and +.L login: +is typed again. +Successive breaks cycle through a set of speeds. +.PP +The user's name is terminated by a newline or +carriage return. +The latter results in the system being set to +treat carriage returns appropriately (see +.IR ioctl (2)). +.PP +Finally, +.IR login (8) +is called with the user's name as argument. +.PP +Here are the possible values for +.IR char . +If more than one speed is given, +the first speed is used initially; +others are selected by successive depressions of the +BREAK key. +Other things, +like delays and tab expansion, +are set in various ways as well. +.PP +.de fq +\f5\\$1 \fR\\$2 \\$3 \\$4 \\$5 \\$6 +.. +.nf +char speed +.fq 0 300-1200-150-110 +.fq 2 9600 +.fq 3 1200-300 +.fq 4 300 +.fq 5 300-1200 +.fq 6 2400 +.fq 7 4800 +.fq 8 9600-1200-300 +.fq 9 300-9600-1200 +.fq a 2400-1200 +.fq b 1200-2400 +.fq j exta (usually 19200) +.fi +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR init (8), +.IR login (8), +.IR ioctl (2), +.IR ttys (5) |
