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diff --git a/share/man/man4/tty.4 b/share/man/man4/tty.4 index 98501ed9c7b..86c7e8c3ca0 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/tty.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/tty.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: tty.4,v 1.6 1998/02/16 20:31:59 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: tty.4,v 1.7 1998/03/12 09:16:54 deraadt Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: tty.4,v 1.4 1996/03/19 04:26:01 paulus Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993 @@ -47,8 +47,11 @@ This section describes the interface to the terminal drivers in the system. .Ss Terminal Special Files Each hardware terminal port on the system usually has a terminal special device -file associated with it in the directory ``/dev/'' (for -example, ``/dev/tty03''). +file associated with it in the directory +.Pa /dev/ +(for +example, +.Pa /dev/tty03 ). When a user logs into the system on one of these hardware terminal ports, the system has already opened the associated device and prepared the line for normal interactive @@ -71,12 +74,18 @@ how these lines are opened or used. .Pp For hardware terminal ports, dial-out is supported through matching device nodes called calling units. For instance, the terminal called -``/dev/tty03'' would have a matching calling unit called ``/dev/cua03''. +.Pa /dev/tty03 +would have a matching calling unit called +.Pa /dev/cua03 . These two devices are normally differentiated by creating the calling unit device node with a minor number 128 greater than the dial-in -device device node. Whereas the dial-in device (the ``tty'') normally +device device node. Whereas the dial-in device (the +.Em tty ) +normally requires a hardware signal to indicate to the system that it is active, -the dial-out device (``cua'') does not, and hence can communicate unimpeded +the dial-out device (the +.Em cua ) +does not, and hence can communicate unimpeded with a device such as a modem. This means that a process like .Xr getty 8 will wait on a dial-in device until a connection is established. |