07-01-2003
Yes, a pc with a serial port and a program like hyperterminal can indeed be used as a serial terminal. But your Compaq would also need a serial port and be configured to offer logins on that port. And I hope that it's obvious that also need a cable to connect the two serial ports.
This would be just the ticket if a system console on large server died. They tend to be just dumb terminals. But it sounds like you have a pc running unix. It may not have been set up to use serial connections like that. Maybe all you need is another monitor?
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io::socket::unix
IO::Socket::UNIX(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide IO::Socket::UNIX(3pm)
NAME
IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets
SYNOPSIS
use IO::Socket::UNIX;
DESCRIPTION
"IO::Socket::UNIX" provides an object interface to creating and using sockets in the AF_UNIX domain. It is built upon the IO::Socket
interface and inherits all the methods defined by IO::Socket.
CONSTRUCTOR
new ( [ARGS] )
Creates an "IO::Socket::UNIX" object, which is a reference to a newly created symbol (see the "Symbol" package). "new" optionally takes
arguments, these arguments are in key-value pairs.
In addition to the key-value pairs accepted by IO::Socket, "IO::Socket::UNIX" provides.
Type Type of socket (eg SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM)
Local Path to local fifo
Peer Path to peer fifo
Listen Create a listen socket
If the constructor is only passed a single argument, it is assumed to be a "Peer" specification.
NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE
As of VERSION 1.18 all IO::Socket objects have autoflush turned on by default. This was not the case with earlier releases.
NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE
METHODS
hostpath()
Returns the pathname to the fifo at the local end
peerpath()
Returns the pathanme to the fifo at the peer end
SEE ALSO
Socket, IO::Socket
AUTHOR
Graham Barr. Currently maintained by the Perl Porters. Please report all bugs to <perl5-porters@perl.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1996-8 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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