CT(1) — HP-UX

Series 300, 500 Only

NAME

ct − spawn getty to a remote terminal (call terminal)

SYNOPSIS

ct [ −wn ] [ −h ] [ −v ] [ −sspeed ] telno ...

DESCRIPTION

Ct dials the phone number of a modem that is attached to a terminal, and spawns a getty process to that terminal. Telno is a telephone number, with equal signs for secondary dial tones and minus signs for delays at appropriate places. If more than one telephone number is specified, ct will try each in succession until one answers; this is useful for specifying alternate dialing paths.

Ct will try each line listed in the file /usr/lib/uucp/L-devices until it finds an available line with appropriate attributes or runs out of entries. If there are no free lines, ct will ask if it should wait for a line, and if so, for how many minutes it should wait before it gives up. Ct will continue to try to open the dialers at one-minute intervals until the specified limit is exceeded. The dialogue may be overridden by specifying the −wn option, where n is the maximum number of minutes that ct is to wait for a line.

Normally, ct will hang up the current line, so that that line can answer the incoming call. The −h option will prevent this action. If the −v option is used, ct will send a running narrative to the standard error output stream.

The data rate may be set with the −s option, where speed is expressed in baud. The default rate is 300.

After the user on the destination terminal logs out, ct prompts, Reconnect?~ If the response begins with the letter n the line will be dropped; otherwise, getty will be started again and the login: prompt will be printed.

Of course, the destination terminal must be attached to a modem that can answer the telephone.

DEPENDENCIES

Series 300 Diskless
Ct is not supported on diskless nodes.

FILES

/usr/adm/ctlog
/usr/lib/uucp/L-devices

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