how to send the SIGUSR1 signal to the mgetty process?

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>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Hornburg <racke@gundel.han.de> writes:

    Stefan> miernik@blue.cft.edu.pl (Miernik) writes:
    >> In FAQ.gz you write: Send the SIGUSR1 signal to the mgetty
    >> process.  How to do that?

    Stefan> kill -SIGUSR1 `/sbin/pidof mgetty`

This is unsafe if there is more than one instance of mgetty running.
Better to do a:

    ps -ax | grep mgetty

and look for the desired line.

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