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disable -- Command Disable a port /etc/disable port... disable tells the COHERENT system not to create a login process for each given asynchronous port. For example, the command /etc/disable com1r disables port /dev/com1r. disable changes the entry for each given port in the terminal characteristics file /etc/ttys, and signals init to rescan the ttys file. The command enable enables a port. The command ttystat checks whether a port is enabled or disabled. Files /etc/ttys -- Terminal characteristics file See Also asy, commands, enable, login, ttys, ttystat Diagnostics disable normally returns one if it disables the port successfully and zero if not. If more than one port is specified, disable returns the success or failure status of the last port it finds. It returns -1 if it cannot find any given port. An exit status of -2 indicates an error.