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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Standard C library
.P
.RS -4
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
-.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
+.MR feature_test_macros 7 ):
.RE
.P
.BR ttyslot ():
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ Well, let's first look at some history.
There used to be a file
.I /etc/ttys
in UNIX\ V6, that was read by the
-.BR init (1)
+.MR init 1
program to find out what to do with each terminal line.
Each line consisted of three characters.
The first character was either \[aq]0\[aq] or \[aq]1\[aq],
where \[aq]0\[aq] meant "ignore".
The second character denoted the terminal: \[aq]8\[aq] stood for "/dev/tty8".
The third character was an argument to
-.BR getty (8)
+.MR getty 8
indicating the sequence of line speeds to try (\[aq]\-\[aq] was: start trying
110 baud).
Thus a typical line was "18\-".
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ signaling init, changing back again, and signaling init again.
.P
In UNIX\ V7 the format was changed: here the second character
was the argument to
-.BR getty (8)
+.MR getty 8
indicating the sequence of line speeds to try (\[aq]0\[aq] was: cycle through
300-1200-150-110 baud; \[aq]4\[aq] was for the on-line console DECwriter)
while the rest of the line contained the name of the tty.
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ On the other hand, there is the file
.I /etc/utmp
listing the people currently logged in.
It is maintained by
-.BR login (1).
+.MR login 1 .
It has a fixed size, and the appropriate index in the file was
determined by
-.BR login (1)
+.MR login 1
using the
.BR ttyslot ()
call to find the number of the line in
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ it returns 0 on UNIX\ V6 and V7 and BSD-like systems,
but \-1 on System V-like systems.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
-.BR attributes (7).
+.MR attributes 7 .
.TS
allbox;
lbx lb lb
@@ -164,6 +164,6 @@ Minix also has
.\" .BR ttyslot ()
.\" appeared in UNIX V7.
.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR getttyent (3),
-.BR ttyname (3),
-.BR utmp (5)
+.MR getttyent 3 ,
+.MR ttyname 3 ,
+.MR utmp 5