passing info to other programs

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Hi,

On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 12:16:54PM -0600, Scott_Knight@ssmhc.com wrote:
> I've looked through the docs and I can see how to call other programs, but how
> do I pass information to them, such as the port number (serial device number).

The serial port number can be found via the "ttyname()" C function or the
"tty" shell command.

The caller ID etc. are passed as environment variables (retrieved by getenv).

> if I can use /bin/login @ 
> where the "@" passes the userid. Can I pass other information?

Right now, only the CONNECT xxx string, using "\I".  (This is a hack
for "/bin/login -h \I @").

gert
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