/usr/lib/uucp/uucico ignores LCK.. files

[James Dicke]

>From article <171 at libove.UUCP>, by root at libove.UUCP (Jay M. Libove):
>> 
>> While I am using it manually, if a cron job comes up that calls 
>> /usr/lib/uucp/uucico, the LCK.. file in /usr/spool/uucp/ will be ignored
>> and I will get the modem commands being fired out on the line while I
>> am connected over it! As yet, this has beena nuisance, but I suppose it
>> stands to be damaging eventually.

If cu doesn't work there is one way that I know to take care of it all.  I use
a script to "disable /dev/ttyxx" before entering "cu" and then I "enable
/dev/ttyxx" when finished.  This prevents uucico from cutting in. I too run
286 version of Xenix (though its 2.2.3).

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