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vboxputty

VBOXPUTTY(8)						      System Manager's Manual						      VBOXPUTTY(8)

NAME

       vboxputty - a self-dialing/-calling vboxgetty

SYNOPSIS

       vboxputty -d device [-f config-file] [-c phonenumber] [-s ring-timeout] [-w wait] [-t redial] [-r redial-pause]

       vboxputty [-hv]

DESCRIPTION

       vboxputty  is  a  vboxgetty,  not waiting for, but triggering a call. After connect, vboxputty is acting exactly like vboxgetty.  vboxputty
       exits with 0 if a connection was established, 99 on BUSY.

OPTIONS

       -h     display a short help

       -v     display the version information

       -f config-file
	      use config-file instead of the default vboxgetty.conf

       -d device
	      use device (/dev/ttyI*) for dialout

       -c phonenumber
	      the phonenumber to be called

       -s ring-timeout
	      vboxputty will dial the phonenumber and wait ring-timeout seconds for the called party to accept the call, if  ring-timeout  seconds
	      are ellapsed before connect, vboxputty will hangup.

       -w wait
	      after the connection is established, vboxputty will wait wait seconds before starting the tcl-script

       -t redial
	      if the called party is BUSY, vboxputty will try redial times to get a connect

       -r redial-pause
	      vboxputty waits redial-pause seconds between BUSY-redials

FILES

       /usr/local/vbox/etc/vboxgetty.conf

AUTHOR

       Gerrit Pape <pape@innominate.de>

SEE ALSO

       the vbox-documentation

4th Berkeley Distribution					 13. January 2000						      VBOXPUTTY(8)

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