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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 08:52:09 +1300
From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz>
To: Tim Tsai <tim@futuresouth.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: how to ignore break/signals on serial port
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On Sun, Dec 05, 1999 at 10:18:52PM -0600, Tim Tsai wrote:

> I am trying to log serial data with a script that like this:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> stty -f /dev/cuaa0 raw
> nohup cat -u /dev/cuaa0 >> cuaa0.cap &
> 
> unfortunately, it looks like either an RS232 break or some other
> condition from the serial port can kill the cat program.
> 
> Is there a simple way for me to tell the cat program to ignore all such
> type conditions?  I've played with various stty options without luck.
> "stty -f /dev/cuaa0" looks like this:

How about putting it into a indefinite while loop?

ie:

	while true
	do
		stty -f /dev/cuaa0 raw
		nohup cat -u /dev/cuaa0 >> cuaa0.cap
	done

Jonathan Chen
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