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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Tip From Remote Logins
To: MC7953@mclink.it (Marco Masotti)
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 11:26:27 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To:  <9606100946.aa12157@ax433.mclink.it> from "Marco Masotti" at Jun 10, 96 09:46:47 am
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> I sometime access a modem connected to a remote FreeBSD 2.1R machine on a
> lan.
> 
> I access the modem for diagnostic purposes or so. The utility I use is
> tip.  The sequence is then 'do an rlogin onto the modem machine and the do
> a  tip to the modem.
> 
> All this is fine, until a do ~. to disconnect tip.
> 
> This action produces not to escape from tip, but to exit the remote login,
> and what is worse leaving the tip session running, resulting in the modem
> being busy for the next connect attempt - you have to kill the tip
> processes by hand to recover.
> 
> Can this be a problem  with tip or what else?

Use ~~ to get one ~ through rlogin.

Then use . to exit tip.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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