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author | Nicholas Marriott <nicm@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2012-07-10 08:02:28 +0000 |
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committer | Nicholas Marriott <nicm@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2012-07-10 08:02:28 +0000 |
commit | 987bf588ac046de0e2a20e1f62985ac0fc03876a (patch) | |
tree | cae0b348a408da66e3bb65d95d8fd206fb4deff4 /usr.bin/cu/cu.1 | |
parent | bdb94ced1204fae7a8c01ecb5200a0425ae10526 (diff) |
Add first cut of replacement for tip/cu. Not linked to the build.
Currently supports only -l and -s (no parity), no variables and ~., ~>,
~$, ~#, ~^Z, ~?. More to come.
Tested by naddy, otto. ok miod deraadt
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/cu/cu.1')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/cu/cu.1 | 137 |
1 files changed, 137 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/cu/cu.1 b/usr.bin/cu/cu.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b5568259e63 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/cu/cu.1 @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: cu.1,v 1.1 2012/07/10 08:02:27 nicm Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)tip.1 8.4 (Berkeley) 4/18/94 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 10 2012 $ +.Dt CU 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm cu +.Nd serial terminal emulator +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl l Ar line +.Op Fl s Ar speed \*(Ba Fl Ar speed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +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 +.It Fl l Ar line +Specify the line to use. +Either of the forms like +.Pa tty00 +or +.Pa /dev/tty00 +are permitted. +The default is +.Pa /dev/cua00 . +.Pp +For reasons outlined in +.Xr tty 4 , +.Xr cua 4 +devices should be used on architectures which have them. +For those which do not, +.Xr tty 4 +devices can be used. +Users in group +.Dq dialer +are permitted to use +.Xr cua 4 +devices by default; +permissions on +.Pa /dev/tty00 +or +.Pa /dev/ttya +can be changed, +but they will revert to their defaults +after an upgrade or (re)install. +.It Fl s Ar speed \*(Ba Fl Ar speed +Set the speed of the connection. +The default is 9600. +.El +.Pp +Typed characters are normally transmitted directly to the remote +machine (which does the echoing as well). +A tilde +.Pq Ql ~ +appearing as the first character of a line is an escape signal; the +following are recognized: +.Bl -tag -offset indent -width Fl +.It Ic ~^D No or Ic ~. +Drop the connection and exit. +Only the connection is dropped \(en the login session is not terminated. +.It Ic ~\*(Gt +Copy file from local to remote. +.Nm +prompts for the name of a local file to transmit. +.It Ic ~$ +Pipe the output from a local +.Ux +process to the remote host. +The command string sent to the local +.Ux +system is processed by the shell. +.It Ic ~# +Send a +.Dv BREAK +to the remote system. +.It Ic ~^Z +Stop +.Nm +(only available with job control). +.It Ic ~? +Get a summary of the tilde escapes. +.El +.Pp +When +.Nm +prompts for an argument, for example during setup of a file transfer, +the line typed may be edited with the standard erase and kill characters. +A null line in response to a prompt, or an interrupt, will abort the +dialogue and return the user to the remote machine. +.Pp +.Nm +guards against multiple users connecting to a remote system by opening +modems and terminal lines with exclusive access. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . +This version was written for +.Ox 5.2 +by Nicholas Marriott. |