vtp(LM) 06 January 1993 vtp(LM) Name vtp - allow a user to connect to a remote machine as a virtual terminal Syntax vtp computername Description The vtp command establishes a login on the remote machine computername. The remote machine must be running srvdaemon(LM) as well as have an entry in /usr/lib/lm/lmx.servers (or /usr/lib/xnet/xnet.servers for XENIX-NET servers), for vtpsrv. The remote machine must also have pseudo ttys available for each vtp connection the machine needs. Once communication is established, vtp simulates a connection over a serial line. After making the connection, vtp runs as two processes: transmit and receive. The transmit process reads data from standard input and, except for lines beginning with a tilde `` ~ '', passes it to the remote system. The receive process accepts data from the remote system and passes it to standard output. Lines beginning with a tilde have special meaning to vtp. The transmit process interprets lines beginning with a tilde as follows: ~. terminates the conversation. ~! escapes to an interactive shell on the local system. ~!command runs command on the local system. ~~ sends a literal tilde character to the remote machine. Files /usr/bin/vtp Notes Using `` ~. '' to terminate a conversation while output is being transmitted to the screen may cause problems with the vtp program.