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SCCS-vsn: libexec/getty/ttys.5 5.1

diff --git a/usr/src/libexec/getty/ttys.5 b/usr/src/libexec/getty/ttys.5
index 0924b63..c38f58e 100644 (file)
--- a/usr/src/libexec/getty/ttys.5
+++ b/usr/src/libexec/getty/ttys.5
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\"    @(#)ttys.5      4.1 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\"    @(#)ttys.5      5.1 (Berkeley) %G%

 .\"
 .\"

-.TH TTYS 5 
+.TH TTYS 5  "18 July 1983"

 .AT 3
 .SH NAME
 ttys \- terminal initialization data
 .AT 3
 .SH NAME
 ttys \- terminal initialization data


@@ -9,31 +9,31 @@ The
 .I ttys
 file is read by the
 .I init
 .I ttys
 file is read by the
 .I init

-program and specifies
-which terminal special files are to have
-a process created for them which will allow people to
-log in.
-It contains one line per special file.
+program and specifies which terminal special files are to have
+a process created for them so that people can log in.
+There is one line in the 
+.I ttys
+file per special file.

 .PP
 .PP

-The first character of a line is either `0' or `1';
-the former causes the line to be ignored,
-the latter causes it to be effective.
-The second character is used as an argument to
+The first character of a line in the 
+.I ttys
+file is either `0' or `1'.  If the first character on the line is a `0', the 
+.I init
+program ignores that line.  If the first character on the line is a `1', the
+.I init
+program creates a login process for that line.
+The second character on each line is used as an argument to

 .IR getty (8),
 .IR getty (8),

-which performs such tasks as baud-rate recognition,
-reading the login name,
+which performs such tasks as baud-rate recognition, reading the login name,

 and calling
 .I login.
 and calling
 .I login.

-For normal lines,
-the character is `0';
+For normal lines, the character is `0';

 other characters can be used, for example, with hard-wired terminals
 other characters can be used, for example, with hard-wired terminals

-where speed recognition is unnecessary
-or which have special characteristics.
+where speed recognition is unnecessary or which have special characteristics.

 .RI ( Getty
 will have to be fixed in such cases.)
 .RI ( Getty
 will have to be fixed in such cases.)

-The remainder of the line is the terminal's entry
-in the device directory, /dev.
+The remainder of the line is the terminal's entry in the device directory, /dev.

 .SH FILES
 /etc/ttys
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .SH FILES
 /etc/ttys
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

-init(8), getty(8), login(1)
+gettytab(5), init(8), getty(8), login(1)