System Administration Guide: Resource Management and Network Services

UUCP Line Field

This field contains the device name of the line (port) that is associated with the Devices entry. If the modem that is associated with a particular entry were attached to the /dev/cua/a device (serial port A), the name that is entered in this field would be cua/a. An optional modem control flag, M, can be used in the Line field to indicate that the device should be opened without waiting for a carrier. For example:


cua/a,M