osf1 man page for dialcodes

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NAME
       Dialcodes - Contains the initial digits of telephone numbers used to establish remote connections over a telephone line

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/lib/uucp/Dialcodes

DESCRIPTION
       The  /usr/lib/uucp/Dialcodes file contains the initial digits of telephone numbers used by the uucp program to establish remote connections
       over a telephone line.  The Dialcodes file simplifies entries in the /usr/lib/uucp/Systems file for sites where a number  of  device  tele-
       phone  numbers  have the same prefix.  If users at your site communicate regularly by way of telephone lines and modems to multiple systems
       all located at the same remote site, or to multiple systems  located  at  different  remote  sites,  use  dial-code  abbreviations  in  the
       /usr/lib/uucp/Systems file rather than entering the complete telephone number of each remote modem in that file.

       The  Dialcodes  file  contains  dial-code  abbreviations  and  partial  telephone  numbers  that  complete  the	telephone  entries  in the
       /usr/lib/uucp/Systems file.  Entries in the Dialcodes file contain an alphabetic prefix attached to a partial  telephone  number  that  may
       include the following information, in the order listed: Codes for an outside line.  Long-distance access codes (1 and the area code, if the
       modem is out of the local area).  The 3-digit exchange number.  The relevant alphabetic prefix (representing the partial telephone number),
       together with the remaining four digits of that number, is then entered in the Phone field in the /usr/lib/uucp/Systems file.

       Following is the form of an entry in a Dialcodes file: DialCodeAbbreviation  DialingSequence

       The  DialCodeAbbreviation  part	of the entry is an alphabetic prefix containing up to eight letters, established when setting up the dial-
       code listing.

       The DialingSequence comprises all the digits in the number that precede the actual 4-digit telephone number.

       Note that if your site uses only a relatively small number of telephone connections to remote systems, include the complete telephone  num-
       bers of the remote modems in the /usr/lib/uucp/Systems file rather than using dial-code abbreviations.

       Enter  each prefix only once in the Dialcodes file.  When you have set up a dial-code abbreviation, use that prefix in all relevant entries
       in the /usr/lib/uucp/Systems file.

       Only someone with superuser authority can edit the Dialcodes file, which is owned by the uucp program login ID.

EXAMPLES
       The Dialcodes file on system venus contains the following dial-code prefix for use with a number in the /usr/lib/uucp/Systems  file:  local
       9=555

       The  Systems  file  on system venus contains the following entry for system zeus, including a telephone number and a dial-code prefix: zeus
       Any ACU 1200 local1212 in:--in: nuucp word: thunder

       When the uucp program on system venus dials system zeus, it uses the expanded telephone number =5551212.

FILES
       Contains all the configuration files for the uucp program, including the Dialcoddes file Contains information about available devices Spec-
       ifies initial handshaking on a connection Describes accessible remote systems

RELATED INFORMATION
       Commands: cu(1), tip(1), uucp(1), uuto(1), uux(1) delim off

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