From f98840bf9e11deb5fe25d53c4ff3c82a5fb6f1fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Dittberner <jandd@cacert.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:55:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation section for socat PTYs

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 README.md | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e8e7291..45cabbb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,4 +68,14 @@ socat -d -d -v pty,rawer,link=$(pwd)/testPty EXEC:./clientsim,pty,rawer
 ```
 
 You will need to configure `$(pwd)/testPty` as `serial`/`device` in your `config.yaml` to let the signer command find
-the emulated serial device.
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+the emulated serial device.
+
+## Using socat to simulate TTYs for signer and signer client
+
+The following `socat` command line will open TTY pseudo devices in `./testPty` as well as
+`../cacert-gosignerclient/testPty`. This will allow both the signer and the signer client code to have
+`testPty` as `device` value in their configuration YAML file.
+
+```shell
+socat -d -d pty,rawer,link=$(pwd)/testPty pty,rawer,link=$(pwd)/../cacert-gosignerclient/testPty
+```
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