08-21-2010
Many thanks Agama! I assumed that if it worked for echo, as you suggested trying in your first message, it would work for cp. Live and learn!.
Chuck
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VM(1) mgetty VM(1)
NAME
vm - VoiceModem is the program for handling the voice modem functionality from shell scripts
ACTIONS
beep options [<frequency [<length in 0.001sec>]]>
diagnostics options device name (e.g. ttyS2
dial options phone number
help
play options [<file names]+>
record options file name
shell options [<shell script [shell options]]>
wait options [<time in seconds]>
devicetest
OPTIONS
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-d n set i/o device
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-l s set device string (e.g. -l ttyS2:ttyC0)
-v verbose output
-w use off / on hook signal from local handset to start and stop recording
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-L n set maximum recording length in sec
-P print first DTMF tone on stdout and exit
-R read and print DTMF string on stdout and exit
-S s set default shell for shell scripts (e.g. -S /bin/sh)
-T n set silence timeout in 0.1sec
-V n set silence threshold to <n> (0-100%%)
SEE ALSO
vgetty(1)
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