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Dear List - I am trying to capture data from a serial port and write it to a file. /var/www$ cat /dev/ttyS0 > scale_value.html cat: /dev/ttyS0: Device or resource busy /var/www# cat /proc/tty/driver/serial serinfo:1.0 driver revision: 0: uart:16550A port:000003F8 irq:4 tx:90...

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