Reading from the serial port?

[Gabriel Ambuehl]

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Hello Luis,

Saturday, September 29, 2001, 3:08:25 PM, you wrote:


> My inquire comes because a few days ago i was checking a router via
> the console interface and i thought to write some dumb python
> aplication to send the commands and read the answer. In order to do
> that i need to be able to open the serial port and cant find any
> info around. Please Help


You could open /dev/[whateverdevicethereisonyourbox] for r/w..


Best regards,
 Gabriel

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