ct.1 (2010 09)

c
ct(1) ct(1)
NAME
ct - spawn getty to a remote terminal (call terminal)
SYNOPSIS
ct [-w n][-x n][
-h][-v][-s speed ] telno ...
DESCRIPTION
ct dials telno , the telephone number of a modem that is attached to a terminal, and spawns a getty (1M)
process to that terminal.
ct tries each line listed in file
/etc/uucp/Devices
until it finds an available line with appropriate
attributes or runs out of entries. If no lines are free,
ct asks whether it should wait for a line, and if so,
how many minutes it should wait before giving up.
ct searches again for an available line at one-minute
intervals until the specified limit is exceeded. Note that normally,
ct disconnects the current tty line, so
that the line can answer the incoming call. This is because
ct assumes that the current tty line is con-
nected to the terminal to spawn the
getty process.
The telno argument specifies the telephone number, which can be composed of characters
0 through 9, -,
=, *, and #. Use equal signs to signify secondary dial tones and minus signs for delays at appropriate
places. The maximum length of telno is 31 characters. If more than one telephone number is specified,
ct tries each in succession until one answers; this is useful for specifying alternate dialing paths.
When
ct disconnects the current line, getty should not be spawned on this line if ct
is going to make
use of the same line to reconnect. To do this, set the entry for this line in the
inittab file to uugetty
instead of getty (see inittab (4)).
Options
ct recognizes the following options and command-line arguments:
-wn Instruct ct to wait for a line a maximum of n number of minutes, if lines are busy.
If this option is specified, ct does not query the user about whether to wait for a
line.
-xn Produce detailed output from program execution on the standard error output. This
option is used for debugging. The debugging level n is a single digit; the most use-
ful value is -x9.
-h Prevent ct from disconnecting ("hanging up") the current tty line. This option is
necessary if the user is using a different tty line than the one used by
ct to spawn
the
getty.
-v Verbose mode. The -v option is used with the
-h option and causes ct to send a
running narrative to the standard error output stream.
-sspeed Set the data rate where speed is expressed in baud. The default rate is
1200.
After the user on the destination terminal logs out,
ct prompts, Reconnect? If the response begins
with the letter n the line is dropped. Otherwise, getty is restarted and the login: prompt is printed.
Of course, the destination terminal must be attached to a modem that can automatically answer incoming
calls.
FILES
/var/adm/ctlog
/etc/uucp/Devices
SEE ALSO
cu(1), login(1), uucp(1), getty(1M), uugetty(1M).
HP-UX 11i Version 3: September 2010 − 1 − Hewlett-Packard Company 1