A/UX® System Administrator's Reference Sections 1M, 7, and 8

getty(IM) getty(IM)
Finally, login is called with the user's name as an argument.
Additional arguments may be typed after the login name. These
are passed to login, which places them in the environment. See
login(1).
A check option is provided. When getty is invoked with the -e
option and file, it scans the file as if it were scanning
/ete/gettydefs and prints out the results to the standard output.
If there are any unrecognized modes or improperly constructed
entries, it reports these. If the entries are correct, it prints out
the values of the various flags. See ioetl(2) to interpret the
values. Note that some values are added to the flags automatically.
getty attempts to prevent the communication programs eu(1),
tip(1), and uueieo(1M) from interfering with its operation by
creating a lock file in /usr/spool/uuep. The lock file is not
created by getty until input is present, so that these programs
may attempt to access line while getty is running.
FILES
fete/getty
/ete/gettydefs
fete/issue
/usr/ spool/uuep/LCK .. line
SEE ALSO
et(1C), init(IM), login(I), ioetl(2), gettydefs(4),
inittab(4), tty(7).
BUGS
Although getty understands simple single-character quoting
conventions, it is not possible to quote the special control characters
that getty uses to determine when the end of the line has
been reached, which protocol is being used, and what the erase
character is. Therefore, it is not possible to login via get t y and
type a =It, @, /, !, ,DELETE, CONTROL-U, CONfROL-D, or & as
part of your login name or argument. They are always interpreted
as having their special meaning, as described earlier.
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