Re: How to send a break?

[linux-os (Dick Johnson)]

On Sat, 27 May 2006, [iso-8859-2] Haar János wrote:

> Hello, list,
>
> I wish to know, how to send a "BREAK" to trigger the sysreq functions on the
> serial line, using echo.
>
> I mean like this:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> echo "?BREAK?" >/dev/ttyS0
> sleep 2
> echo "m" >/dev/ttyS0
>
> Thanks,
> Janos
>

Can't you use /proc/sysrq-trigger?

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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