ENABLE(I)                       05/15/76                            ENABLE(I)

NAME
	enable--allow a terminal to talk to UNIX


SYNOPSIS
	enable [all] [linenumber...]

DESCRIPTION
	Enable edits the file /etc/ttys to specify that new terminals
	can talk to UNIX. It then signals the init process to effect
	the changes it has specified.

	At least one argument must be specified. Explicit line numbers
	may be grouped together or be separated by spaces. Thus,

		"enable abcdhz" and
		"enable a b c dh z" are equivalent.

	The argument "all" enables ttys 9abcdefghijklmnoz (all but the
	console teletype). "enable all 8" will enable all the standard
	terminals at the time the program was written.

NOTE
	The reason for not having the "all" argument include tty8
	is that enable is a link to disable, and it would not be
	good to disable all the terminals.

DIAGNOSTICS
	Enable has an idea of what legal teletypes are; if you specify
	a strange one, it asks you if you really want to enable that one.

BUGS

AUTHOR
	J.A. Lowry
