On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 12:25:08AM -0500, Eric Laberge wrote:
[fairly cool idea cut]
> I'm wondering if using /dev/console directly has any side effect. I'm not
> knowledgeable enough in this field.
Well, the obvious one is that it is linux-specific, and requires that the
user be on the local machine. Also, I'm not certian if we want /dev/tty0 or
/dev/console; check <linux source>/Documentation/devices.txt.
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