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Serial Communication in UNIX

Hi,
I am working on serial communication on Unix. Can anyone guide me through it. The steps required for RS 232 communication and can i do serial communication even if i dont have super user previledges.

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You might want to take a look at the Serial Programming HOWTO: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Serial-Programming-HOWTO/

It is linux-centric but much of it will apply to any version of Unix.

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