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50 to open and initialize the tty line, read a login name, and invoke
55 is the special device file in
57 to open for the terminal (for example, ``ttyh0'').
58 If there is no argument or the argument is
60 the tty line is assumed to be open as file descriptor 0.
64 argument can be used to make
66 treat the terminal line specially.
67 This argument is used as an index into the
69 database, to determine the characteristics of the line.
70 If there is no argument, or there is no such table, the
75 a set of system defaults is used.
76 If indicated by the table located,
78 will clear the terminal screen,
79 print a banner heading,
80 and prompt for a login name.
81 Usually either the banner or the login prompt will include
84 Most of the default actions of
86 can be circumvented, or modified, by a suitable
93 can be set to timeout after some interval,
94 which will cause dial up lines to hang up
95 if the login name is not entered reasonably quickly.
97 .Bl -tag -width /etc/gettytab -compact
103 .It "ttyxx: No such device or address."
104 .It "ttyxx: No such file or address."
106 A terminal which is turned
109 file cannot be opened, likely because the requisite
110 lines are either not configured into the system, the associated device
111 was not attached during boot-time system configuration,
112 or the special file in