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From: geertj@nlgvax.UUCP (Geert Jan de Groot)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Remote control of PC via modem
Message-ID: <172@nlgvax.UUCP>
Date: 5 Dec 88 10:13:26 GMT
References: <4652@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <104@unibase.UUCP>
Reply-To: geertj@nlgvax.UUCP (Geert Jan de Groot)
Organization: Philips Research Geldrop
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In article <104@unibase.UUCP> root@unibase.UUCP (Super User) writes:
[About remote controlling a PC via a modem]
>The basis of the solution is the 'ctty' command, which shifts the command
>input/output from the keyboard/screen to a com port.

I wonder how the ctty command works. In particular, is it possible to
do the same (that is, redirect input/output) from a C program?
I wonder if it is possible to do:

main()
{
	ctty(whatever);
	system("\\command.com");
}

and what the ctty() function should look like.

Thanks in advance for any responses.

Regards,
Geert Jan

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