A quick /etc/rmt question

Dan Kegel dan at srs.UUCP
Tue May 31 00:49:10 AEST 1988


In article <889 at srs.UUCP> I wrote:
> Sun's documentation for /etc/rmt is a little misleading here.
> A space isn't allowed between the command ('O') and the argument (/dev/rmt8).

guy at Sun.COM, Ken Lalonde, and Steve Hayman all pointed out the following:
> It's even worse.  The *real* syntax for, say, "O" is:
> O/dev/rmt8
> 2
> There is a *newline* between the tokens, not a space.  There is no separator
> between the command and the first token.

Guy is also filing a bug report (and says that BSD's documentation is also
wrong).  
Thanks again for the help, folks!
-- 
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