[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: Operation of more command
From:       "Michael D. Setzer II" <mikes () kuentos ! guam ! net>
Date:       2008-04-28 10:15:03
Message-ID: 48163047.18817.E6D97F3 () mikes ! kuentos ! guam ! net
[Download RAW message or body]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On 28 Apr 2008 at 5:50, Denys Vlasenko wrote:

From:           	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
To:             	busybox@busybox.net
Subject:        	Re: Operation of more command
Date sent:      	Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:50:21 +0200
Copies to:      	"Michael D. Setzer II" <mikes@kuentos.guam.net>

> On Monday 28 April 2008 04:51, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> > But question is? If using /dev/tty1 as the current terminal, why would /dev/tty
> > make a difference?
> 
> /dev/tty is a special device which refers to your current
> controlling tty (if you have one, otherwise it won't open).
> It should always exist in /dev, expect breakage othewise.

Thanks again for the solution, and tracking down the problem. I've worked to 
add various features to the project after it was left by the previous authors, 
and for the most part it has worked well, but there are some things, that I 
don't have the knowledge of why there were done that way. 

Thanks again.

> --
> vda


+----------------------------------------------------------+
  Michael D. Setzer II -  Computer Science Instructor      
  Guam Community College  Computer Center                  
  mailto:mikes@kuentos.guam.net                            
  mailto:msetzerii@gmail.com
  http://www.guam.net/home/mikes
  Guam - Where America's Day Begins                        
+----------------------------------------------------------+

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original)
Number of Seti Units Returned:  19,471
Processing time:  32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes
(Total Hours: 287,489)

BOINC@HOME CREDITS
SETI 5,269,727.070797 | EINSTEIN 1,573,038.609732 | ROSETTA 
480,077.992597


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: PGP 6.5.8 -- QDPGP 2.61c
Comment: http://community.wow.net/grt/qdpgp.html

iQA/AwUBSBUXCSzGQcr/2AKZEQJTowCgwijK0lJt2lO1XXQ50TfKMoIx2/4AoNsD
znC0SW4BPRE/EF+J4HG4iF8L
=V+b1
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
_______________________________________________
busybox mailing list
busybox@busybox.net
http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/busybox
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]