NAME

ct − call terminal

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

Ct dials the phone number of a modem that is attached to a terminal, and spawns a login process to that terminal.  Telno is the telephone number, with minus signs at appropriate places for delays. 

Ct determines which dialers are associated with lines that are set to the appropriate speed by examining the file /usr/lib/uucp/L-devices.  If all such available dialers are busy, 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 standard error. 

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

The destination terminal must be attached to a modem that can answer the telephone. 

FILES

/usr/lib/uucp/L-devices

SEE ALSO

cu(1C), login(1), uucp(1C), dn(4), getty(8). 

May 16, 1980