Hey Tania,
cua refers to a callout device. This is not depreciated
in Linux and all call in/out goes thru ttyS(x). The main
reasons for this were compatibility with other *nixes,
and a single lock file for a device.
HTH,
Harry
Quoting "Tania M. Morell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Also, I've noticed that my books say to use /dev/ttyS?
and other online
> help I've been to refer to /dev/cua?.. what is cua
used for?? At first
> I thought it was a com port but then I got the
impression that ttsy's
> are com port because of what my books say but this
wouldn't make sense
> either since I have to assign a port to it using
"setserial 'device'
> port 'whatever' ". I'm royally conused about this.
>
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> Tania Morell
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Harry Hoffman
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