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authorDavid E. O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>2001-08-01 06:01:51 +0000
committerDavid E. O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>2001-08-01 06:01:51 +0000
commita2b0b5bce6b5a413fd2919b6e2f088874cb16067 (patch)
treee139a1fcaeab4055c5f833aec6568717f8ed1f04 /sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
parentd69344bf549165276685107378a9eb07193e9374 (diff)
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@@ -4,16 +4,18 @@
.Os FreeBSD
.Sh NAME
.Nm comcontrol
-.Nd control an sio device.
+.Nd control a special tty device
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Ar sio_special_device
-.Op options
+.Ar special_device
+.Op dtrwait Ar number
+.Op drainwait Ar number
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Comcontrol
is used to examine and modify some of the special characteristics
-of the specified sio device.
-If no arguments other than the device are specified,
+of the specified tty device.
+If no arguments other than the device (or "-" for stdin)
+are specified,
it prints the settings of all controllable characteristics.
This usage requires only read access on the device.
Only the superuser can change the settings.
@@ -31,7 +33,8 @@ modem reset.
Set the time to wait for output drain
to the given number.
The units are seconds.
-The default is 0, i.e. wait forever.
+The default is 5 minutes, 0 means
+waiting forever.
This option needed mainly to specify upper limit of minutes
to prevent modem hanging.
.El