clean up .Nm entries, and change a silly .Nm gettytab 5 to an .Xr
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.\" $NetBSD: getty.8,v 1.4 1996/07/31 20:40:27 thorpej Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: getty.8,v 1.5 1997/07/31 00:06:20 perry Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.Oc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm getty
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.Nm
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program
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is called by
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.Xr init 8
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@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ the tty line is assumed to be open as file descriptor 0.
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The
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.Ar type
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argument can be used to make
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.Nm getty
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.Nm
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treat the terminal line specially.
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This argument is used as an index into the
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.Nm gettytab 5
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.Xr gettytab 5
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database, to determine the characteristics of the line.
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If there is no argument, or there is no such table, the
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.Em default
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@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ If there is no
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.Pa /etc/gettytab
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a set of system defaults is used.
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If indicated by the table located,
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.Nm getty
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.Nm
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will clear the terminal screen,
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print a banner heading,
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and prompt for a login name.
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@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ Usually either the banner or the login prompt will include
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the system hostname.
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.Pp
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Most of the default actions of
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.Nm getty
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.Nm
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can be circumvented, or modified, by a suitable
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.Nm gettytab
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.Xr gettytab 5
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table.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm getty
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.Nm
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program
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can be set to timeout after some interval,
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which will cause dial up lines to hang up
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@ -124,6 +124,6 @@ does not exist.
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.Xr ttys 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm getty
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.Nm
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program appeared in
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.At v6 .
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