chvt utility and device node symlinks

[Paul Fox]

 > 
 > What about a program that runs from within the same linux terminal you 
 > are sitting on, but allows me to communicate to another device as if it 
 > were in another terminal? My serial console is on ttyS0, and I want to 
 > open a comm link to a new serial device. I though I read that agetty or 
 > another program might be able to do this, but do you recommend anything 
 > in particular?

i think you're looking for something like minicom.  i thought i
remembered a smaller replacement for minicom, but i can't seem to
find it right now.

"screen" also seems to have a mode where you can open a window to
an outgoing tty, though i've never tried it.

paul
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 paul fox, pgf at brightstareng.com