Re: flexfax: faxgetty and internet simultaneously

["Keith G. Murphy" <keithmur@mindspring.com>]

David Woolley wrote:
> 
> > >=20
> > >     mo:23:respawn:/usr/lib/fax/faxgetty /dev/modem
> >
> > /dev/modem should be a symbolic link to /dev/ttyS1 for your setup.
> 
> But this is not the same as it being /dev/ttyS1 for locking purposes;
> that's why /dev/modem is such a bad idea an ought to be deleted from
> the system.
Curiosity question:

If every application using the modem used '/dev/modem', would everything
work properly?  If not, where is the breakdown?  Is it that some
translate the link and some don't?