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+$Id: console.c.spec.txt 1342 2007-11-10 23:46:11Z nekral-guest $
+
+Specification for console.c source file --
+
+input values --
+	tty -- character pointer to device name with leading "/dev/"
+	       removed.
+
+return values --
+	0 -- false
+	1 -- true
+
+int console (char * tty)
+	if "CONSOLE" string value is not present in login.defs
+		return true
+
+	if the first character of "CONSOLE" string value is not "/"
+		treat the string as a ":" delimited list of device
+		names and search for the value of tty in that
+		tokenized list.
+
+		if a match is found
+			return true
+
+		return false
+
+	if the file named by "CONSOLE" cannot be opened
+		return true
+
+	scan the file looking for a match between the input line
+	and the value of tty
+
+	if a match is found
+		return true
+
+	return false