[lug] Easy one for the ones who know ;)

[Hector M Banda]

Hi Ralf,

The data is just plain text. This data is going to be coming from a PHONE
switch but it needs to be up all the time (preferably).

Thanks,

On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 02:10:01PM -0700, Hector M Banda wrote:
> > 
> > HI all,
> > How can I make LINUX to listen to a particular tty ( com1 or port 2 )
> > and create a file out of the input info?
> 
>  'cat /dev/ttyS0 > data.file '
> 
> > What I want to do is capture the information to a file coming from the line
> > and then import the information to database to be processed.
> 
> Of course this really depends on the kind of data
> you expect to come in and the protocol used on the 
> line. Isthere a terminal attached to the port or
> just some dumb device (like a termometer etc.).
> I usually write little wrappers in perl or C
> to read the data and maybe reopen the file in
> case youget an EOF.
> 
> Ralf
> 
> 
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