stty, SCO, clear EOL

[Bruce Easton]

On 7/15/16 10:02 AM, Bob Rasmussen via Filepro-list wrote:
> I'm dusting off old memories here, in response to a customer, and I 
> need some help. Customer connects from Anzio on Windows to SCO 6, runs 
> filePro (not sure of version). Says if he connects via telnet, all is 
> good, but if he connects via SSH, when he types ctrl-O, it doesn't 
> clear to end of line. Emulation type is SCOANSI.
>
> The difference boils down to the stty setting "iexten". It's off in 
> telnet (not sure what initializes this); ON in SSH (set by Anzio). In 
> both cases, flush = ^o.
>
> Here's my analysis:
>
> * When iexten is on, UNIX gets the ctrl-O and deals with it somehow;
>
> * When iexten is off, UNIX passes the ctrl-O to filePro, which deals 
> with it as directed by the termcap entry;
>
> * When filePro sets the tty mode (in C) to "raw", it must not be 
> turning off the iexten switch;
>
> * This may not be an issue in Linux.
>
> Does this all make sense? Is my analysis correct?
>
> Regards,
> ....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.
>
> personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com
>  company e-mail: rsi at anzio.com
>           voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time)
>             fax: (US) 503-624-0760
>             web: http://www.anzio.com
>  street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc.
>                  10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9
>                  Portland, OR  97223  USA
> _______________________________________________
> Filepro-list mailing list
> Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes
> http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list
>
I don't know, Bob, but could the customer have something in 
/etc/ssh/ssh_config or a user-specific shh config file that could be 
affecting this "iexten" switch?


Bruce



---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20160715/46de4956/attachment.html>