Mike Rushford wrote:
> I would like to use a serial port that is on another networked machine.
>
> For instance in once case I would like to start minicom on machine [A]
> and have it use a serial port on machine [B] via some sort of tcp/ip
> remote serial device, like /dev/rttyS0.
>
> For instance I have done remote backups this way using rdump to a remote
> device /dev/nrst0
Remote backups typically work using rsh.
tar -cf remotehost:/dev/nrst0 ...
is performed using something like:
tar -cf - ... | rsh remotehost cat '>' /dev/nrst0
> in a similar way is there a /dev/rttyS0 where the harware port is on
> machine [B]..?
Trying to use a serial device like this is much more complex. Just
being able to read and write to the device isn't sufficent; you also
need to be able to set/get the serial parameters. This would require
the use of a specialised protocol. Any program which wished to access
the remote device would need to use that protocol.
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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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