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CU(1C)                                                                  CU(1C)



NAME
       cu - call UNIX

SYNOPSIS
       cu telno [ -t ] [ -s speed ] [ -a acu ] [ -l line ]

DESCRIPTION
       Cu  calls  up  another  UNIX system, a terminal, or possibly a non-UNIX
       system.  It manages an interactive conversation with possible transfers
       of  text files.  Telno is the telephone number, with minus signs at ap‐
       propriate places for delays.  The -t flag is used to dial out to a ter‐
       minal.   Speed gives the transmission speed (110, 134, 150, 300, 1200);
       300 is the default value.

       The -a and -l values may be used to specify pathnames for the  ACU  and
       communications  line devices.  They can be used to override the follow‐
       ing built-in choices:

       -a /dev/cua0 -l /dev/cul0

       After making the connection, cu runs as two processes: the send process
       reads  the  standard  input and passes most of it to the remote system;
       the receive process reads from the remote system and passes  most  data
       to  the  standard  output.  Lines beginning with `~' have special mean‐
       ings.

       The send process interprets the following:

       ~.                terminate the conversation.
       ~EOT              terminate the conversation

       ~<file            send the contents of file to the  remote  system,  as
                         though typed at the terminal.

       ~!                invoke an interactive shell on the local system.

       ~!cmd ...         run the command on the local system (via sh -c).

       ~$cmd ...         run  the  command  locally and send its output to the
                         remote system.

       ~%take from [to]  copy file `from' (on the remote system) to file  `to'
                         on  the local system.  If `to' is omitted, the `from'
                         name is used both places.

       ~%put from [to]   copy file `from' (on local system) to  file  `to'  on
                         remote  system.   If `to' is omitted, the `from' name
                         is used both places.

       ~~...             send the line `~...'.

       The receive process handles output diversions of the following form:

       ~>[>][:]file
       zero or more lines to be written to file
       ~>

       In any case, output is diverted (or appended,  if  `>>'  used)  to  the
       file.   If  `:'  is  used, the diversion is silent, i.e., it is written
       only to the file.  If `:' is omitted, output is  written  both  to  the
       file  and to the standard output.  The trailing `~>' terminates the di‐
       version.

       The use of ~%put requires stty and cat on the remote side.  It also re‐
       quires  that the current erase and kill characters on the remote system
       be identical to the current ones on the local system.  Backslashes  are
       inserted at appropriate places.

       The  use of ~%take requires the existence of echo and tee on the remote
       system.  Also, stty tabs mode is required on the remote system if  tabs
       are to be copied without expansion.

FILES
       /dev/cua0
       /dev/cul0
       /dev/null

SEE ALSO
       dn(4), tty(4)

DIAGNOSTICS
       Exit code is zero for normal exit, nonzero (various values) otherwise.

BUGS
       The syntax is unique.



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