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Date:      Sun, 11 Apr 1999 08:36:51 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>
To:        Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Baud rate of 0
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904110833350.99823-100000@arnold.neland.dk>
In-Reply-To: <199904110345.WAA00963@detlev.UUCP>

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On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Joel Ray Holveck wrote:

> Why does setting the baud rate of a (wired tty) connection to 0
> terminate it?  When is this useful?
> 

Why shouldn't it? 

How else would you terminate it? Or rather, it is easier to do it this
way, than to find pid's running on that line, and kill 'em separately.

I could think of many reasons for wanting to terminate a terminal session.

Leif




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