gettydefs(4)gettydefs(4)NAMEgettydefs - speed and terminal settings used by getty
DESCRIPTION
The file contains information used by to set up the speed and terminal
settings for a line (see getty(1M)). It supplies information on what
the prompt should look like. It also supplies the speed to try next if
the user indicates the current speed is not correct by typing a Break
character.
Each entry in has the following format:
Each entry is followed by a blank line. The various fields can contain
quoted characters of the form etc., as well as where nnn is the octal
value of the desired character. The various fields are:
label This is the string against which tries to match its sec‐
ond argument. It is often the speed, such as at which
the terminal is supposed to run, but it need not be (see
below).
initial-flags These flags are the initial settings to which the termi‐
nal is to be set if a terminal type is not specified to
(see ioctl(2)). The flags that understands are the same
as the ones listed in (see termio(7)). Normally only
the speed flag is required in the initial-flags. auto‐
matically sets the terminal to raw input mode and takes
care of most of the other flags. The initial-flag set‐
tings remain in effect until executes
final-flags These flags take the same values as the initial-flags
and are set just before executes The speed flag is again
required. The composite flag takes care of most of the
other flags that need to be set so that the processor
and terminal are communicating in a rational fashion.
The other two commonly specified final-flags are so that
tabs are sent to the terminal as spaces, and so that the
line is hung up on the final close.
login-prompt This entire field is printed as the login-prompt.
Unlike the above fields where white space is ignored (a
space, tab or new-line), they are included in the login-
prompt field.
next-label If this entry does not specify the desired speed, indi‐
cated by the user typing a Break character, searches for
the entry with next-label as its label field and set up
the terminal for those settings. Usually, a series of
speeds are linked together in this fashion, into a
closed set. For example, linked to which in turn is
linked to which finally is linked to
If is called without a second argument, the first entry of is used,
thus making the first entry of the default entry. It is also used if
cannot find the specified label. If itself is missing, there is one
entry built into the command which brings up a terminal at baud.
It is strongly recommended that after making or modifying it be run
through with the check option to ensure that there are no errors.
EXAMPLES
The following two lines show an example of 300/1200 baud toggle, which
is useful for dial-up ports:
The following line shows a typical 9600 baud entry for a hard-wired
connection:
FILESSEE ALSOgetty(1M), login(1), ioctl(2), termio(7).
gettydefs(4)
