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@@ -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.