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On Apr 13, 2006, at 10:58 AM, dsr at tao.merseine.nu wrote: > On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 10:49:00AM -0400, Josh ChaitinPollak wrote: >> I'm looking for a lightweight serial-console program, ala minicom, >> for an embedded system. I don't want to use minicom because it >> depends on ncurses and a X/Y/Z-modem file transfer library, which is >> too much bloat for this system. The program I have in mind doesn't >> even need to have modem-dialing abilities. Any suggestions? > > At the very low end, there's getty and relatives; somewhere in > the middle is Kermit. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding or not realizing how getty can be used... Can a user log ssh into a machine and run "getty /dev/ttyS0" from the command prompt? When they are done, how do they quit getty? I think if they can quit getty, it would be a good solution for this application. Ward, what is cu? -Josh
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