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| author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2009-01-09 00:24:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2009-01-09 00:24:35 +0000 |
| commit | c849f239f638c1ced894b1e2024103bf15cad685 (patch) | |
| tree | 5d936380b60cec1ce396cf59e23eaa03c1432a86 | |
| parent | c723355581c2a7e5517a2127db48f7a9f7f2e3c3 (diff) | |
Tamas TEVESZ requested a better description for tip/cu, so pull in this
improvement from perry@netbsd, -r1.26;
nick suggested a better description for the .Nd line;
ok nick
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/tip/cu.1 | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/tip/tip.1 | 16 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/tip/cu.1 b/usr.bin/tip/cu.1 index 1ec112c5879..79d3054123f 100644 --- a/usr.bin/tip/cu.1 +++ b/usr.bin/tip/cu.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: cu.1,v 1.5 2007/07/06 07:13:41 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: cu.1,v 1.6 2009/01/09 00:24:34 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ .\" .\" @(#)tip.1 8.4 (Berkeley) 4/18/94 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: July 6 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 9 2009 $ .Dt CU 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm cu -.Nd call UNIX +.Nd serial terminal emulator .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl ehot @@ -44,10 +44,12 @@ .Op Ar phone-number .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm -establishes a full-duplex connection to another machine, giving the -appearance of being logged in directly on the remote CPU. -It goes without saying that you must have a login on the machine (or -equivalent) to which you wish to connect. +is used to connect to another system over a serial link. +In the era before modern networks, it was typically used to +connect to a modem in order to dial in to a remote host. +It is now frequently used for tasks such as attaching to the +serial console of another machine for administrative or +debugging purposes. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n diff --git a/usr.bin/tip/tip.1 b/usr.bin/tip/tip.1 index bb055e610f6..33b1a81d672 100644 --- a/usr.bin/tip/tip.1 +++ b/usr.bin/tip/tip.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: tip.1,v 1.39 2007/07/06 07:13:41 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: tip.1,v 1.40 2009/01/09 00:24:34 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: tip.1,v 1.7 1994/12/08 09:31:05 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 @@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ .\" .\" @(#)tip.1 8.4 (Berkeley) 4/18/94 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: July 6 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 9 2009 $ .Dt TIP 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm tip -.Nd connect to a remote system +.Nd serial terminal emulator .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl nv @@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ .Op Ar system-name .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm -establishes a full-duplex connection to another machine, giving the -appearance of being logged in directly on the remote CPU. -It goes without saying that you must have a login on the machine (or -equivalent) to which you wish to connect. +is used to connect to another system over a serial link. +In the era before modern networks, it was typically used to +connect to a modem in order to dial in to a remote host. +It is now frequently used for tasks such as attaching to the +serial console of another machine for administrative or +debugging purposes. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n |