ct(1c)                                                     ct(1c)



     NAME
          ct - spawn getty to a remote terminal

     SYNOPSIS
          ct [-h] [-v] [-wn] [-sspeed] telno ...

     DESCRIPTION
          ct dials the phone number of a modem that is attached to a
          terminal, and spawns a getty process to that terminal.
          telno is a telephone number, with equals signs for secondary
          dial tones and minus signs for delays at appropriate places.
          If more than one telephone number is specified, ct will try
          each in succession until one answers; this is useful for
          specifying alternate dialing paths.

          ct will try each line listed in the file /usr/lib/uucp/L-
          devices until it finds an available line with appropriate
          attributes or runs out of entries.  If there are no free
          lines, ct will ask if it should wait for one, and if so, for
          how many minutes it should wait before it gives up.  ct will
          continue to try to open the dialers at one-minute intervals
          until the specified limit is exceeded.  The dialogue may be
          overridden by specifying the -wn flag option, where n is the
          maximum number of minutes that ct is to wait for a line.

          Normally, ct will hang up the current line, so that that
          line can answer the incoming call.  The -h flag option will
          prevent this action.  If the -v flag option is used, ct will
          send a running narrative to the standard error output
          stream.

          The data rate may be set with the -s flag option, where
          speed is expressed in baud.  The default rate is 300.

          After the user on the destination terminal logs out, ct
          prompts, Reconnect?.  If the response begins with the letter
          n the line will be dropped; otherwise, getty will be started
          again and the login: prompt will be printed.

          Of course, the destination terminal must be attached to a
          modem that can answer the telephone.

     EXAMPLE
               ct -w15 -s1200 555-9999

          dials from the terminal the given modem phone number (555-
          9999), spawning a login process at 1200 baud.  If the dialer
          line is busy, ct will continue to try to open the dialer at
          one-minute intervals for a total of 15 minutes (as set by
          the -w flag option).

     FILES



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     ct(1c)                                                     ct(1c)



          /bin/ct
          /usr/lib/uucp/L-devices
          /usr/adm/ctlog

     SEE ALSO
          cu(1C), login(1), uucp(1C).

















































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