NAME

rtty − provide remote access to a raw tty using TCP

SYNOPSIS

rtty device [portNum]
 

DESCRIPTION

This program will open device, which must have the characteristics of a terminal line, in raw mode.  It will then open a TCP network connection and pass bits back and forth between the network connection and the raw terminal.  Anything received from the network connection will be written to the terminal, and anything read from the terminal will be written to the network connection.  Rtty buffers characters internally to prevent any loss of information if one side gets ahead of the other. 

If portNum is specified, is the decimal number of a request socket to use for network connections.  If portNum isn’t given, then rtty will attempt to find an available socket.  In either case, it prints out the decimal number of the socket is actually using. 

Rtty is designed to be used in conjunction with the Tty program: the port number printed by rtty should be given to Tty to ensure that it connects to the right place.  Rtty only supports a single remote connection at a time.  If several connections are attempted simultaneously, all but the first will be rejected. 
 

KEYWORDS

network, remote terminal access, terminal

Sprite version 1.0  —  December 30, 1988