Re: flexfax: faxgetty and internet simultaneously

[David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>]

> It's close enough: in terms of software locking the serial port, the
> symbolic link should act the same way. In terms of lock files, they
> can be addressed as /var/lock/LCK..modem as easily as
> /var/lock/LCK..ttyS1, and it's a vastly easier way to configure serial

But, whereas /dev/modem accesses the same inode (and device) as
/dev/ttyS1, /var/local/LCK..modem is a completely  different file
form /var/local/LCK..ttyS1, so any software using the normal conventions
will fail to see the /dev/modem software.

This is Microsoft like thinking; make things easy for the simple case,
and totally confusing for the general one.