


      CT(1)                       (UNIX 5.0)                      CT(1)



      NAME
           ct - spawn getty to a remote terminal

      SYNTAX
           ct [ -h ] [ -v ] [ -wn ] [ -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 one, 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.

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

      SEE ALSO
           cu(1), login(1), uucp(1).








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