08-13-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by
zaxxon
There are some Laptops that are even preinstalled with Linux
Warning warning warning. Manufacturers sometimes preinstall Linux as a throwaway OS, like DOS, to avoid paying Windows license costs. As such, they frequently don't bother to get anything but video working properly.
So don't assume its existence guarantees Linux works fully.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
isdnbill
isdnbill(1) Linux System Commands isdnbill(1)
NAME
isdnbill - report isdn costs
DESCRIPTION
isdnbill is a simple and imperfect utility to show the bill for ISDN calls. Note that it is only for indicative purposes! It works best in
Germany, and even then there are no guarantees. Consider its use for educational purposes only...
For better results, use isdnrep.
OPTIONS
-V show version
-a show all connections
-e show incomplete calls
-f recalculate costs _always_
-i show incoming calls
-m prices without VAT
-n do _not_ replace numbers with aliases
-o show outgoing calls
-t show only current connections
-vn verbose level n
-Nnnn show only calls with the specified number
-I show only calls on the internal S0 bus
-E show only calls on the external S0 bus
FILES
/var/lib/isdn/calls or /var/lib/isdn/calls
isdnlog log file with information about all calls.
/etc/isdn/isdn.conf
general configuration
/etc/isdn/callerid.conf
aliases for telephone numbers
SEE ALSO
isdnlog(5) isdnlog(8) isdnrep(1)
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Paul Slootman <paul@debian.org>, for Debian GNU/Linux.
ISDN 4 Linux 3.25 2003-10-14 isdnbill(1)