On Monday 21 May 2001 13:47, Peter William Lount wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What if something else has the port in use? I presume that we'd not be able
> to open the port in that case, right?

That's not necessarily the case. There's a lock file that is used by some 
programs (like, for instance, minicom) but there's no standard for that.

If your OS has lsof, you might try it to see if something's got the port open.

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