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.TH TERM 1
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.SH NAME
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term \- turn PC into a dumb terminal [IBM]
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.in +.5i
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.ti -.5i
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\fBterm\fR [\fIbaudrate\fR]\fR [\fIparity\fR] [\fIbits_per_character\fR]
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[\fB\-\fIdial_string\fR] [\fB\-c\fIkcmd\fR] [\fIdevice\fR]\fR
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.in -.5i
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.br
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.de FL
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.TP
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\\fB\\$1\\fR
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\\$2
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..
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.de EX
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.TP 20
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\\fB\\$1\\fR
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# \\$2
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..
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.EX "term 2400" "Talk to modem at 2400 baud"
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.EX "term 1200 7 even" "1200 baud, 7 bits/char, even parity"
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.EX "term 8 9600 /dev/tty01" "9600 baud, 8 bits/char, no parity, use tty01"
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.EX "term -atdt12345 /dev/tty01" "Start with a command to dial out"
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.EX "term -cH'echo Hello World!' ..." "Bind a shell command to the 'H' key"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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\fITerm\fR allows
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\s-1MINIX 3\s-1
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2005-05-02 15:01:42 +02:00
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to talk to a terminal or modem over RS232
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port 1. The program first sets the baudrate, parity and character length,
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and then forks.
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The parent sits in a loop copying from \fIstdin\fR (usually the console's
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keyboard), to the terminal or modem (\fI/dev/tty00\fR).
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The child sits in a loop
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copying from the terminal or modem (\fI/dev/tty00\fR) to standard output.
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Thus when
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RS232 port 1 is connected to a modem, every keystroke typed on the keyboard
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is sent to the modem, and every character arriving from the modem is displayed.
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Standard input and output may be redirected, to provide a primitive file
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transfer program, with no checking. Any argument that starts with
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.B \-at
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is sent out to the modem, usually to dial out. \fITerm\fP accepts
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several commands that are formed by typing the escape character, CTRL-],
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and a letter. Type CTRL-]? to see a list of commands. The subshell command
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is very important, it allows you to type in a ZMODEM command to transfer
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data. Do not quit \fIterm\fR to do this, or your modem line will be reset!
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\fITerm\fP keeps the modem line open on file descriptor 9 while running the
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subshell, so you can type
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.PP
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.in +.5i
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<&9 >&9
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.in -.5i
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.PP
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at the end of your ZMODEM command to connect it to the modem. With
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.BI \-c kcmd
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arguments you can bind shell commands to keys. The character just after
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.BR \-c
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is the key to use, the rest of the characters form the command to bind to the
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key. This command also has the modem open on file descriptor 9.
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.LP
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Important note: to use \fIterm\fR, it is essential that
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\fI/etc/ttytab\fR is configured so
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that there is no login session started on the modem line.
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If there is, both the login session and
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term will try to read from the modem, and nothing will work.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR rz (1),
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.BR sz (1).
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