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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man1/tip.1 b/static/netbsd/man1/tip.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..87b0ed33 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man1/tip.1 @@ -0,0 +1,566 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: tip.1,v 1.37 2025/05/26 19:28:33 gutteridge 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 May 26, 2025 +.Dt TIP 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm tip , +.Nm cu +.Nd serial terminal emulator +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl v +.Fl Ns Ns Ar speed +.Ar system\-name +.Nm +.Op Fl v +.Fl Ns Ns Ar speed +.Ar phone\-number +.Nm cu +.Op Ar options +.Ar phone\-number +.Nm cu +.Op Ar options +.Dq Ar dir +.Nm cu +.Fl -help +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +and +.Nm cu +are used to connect to another system over a serial link. +In the era before modern networks, they were typically used to +connect to a modem in order to dial in to a remote host. +They are now frequently used for tasks such as attaching to the +serial console of another machine for administrative or +debugging purposes. +.Pp +The following option is available for +.Nm : +.Bl -tag -width 4n +.It Fl v +Set verbose mode. +.El +.Pp +The following options are available for +.Nm cu : +.Bl -tag -width 4n +.It Fl a Ar acu +Set the ACU port. +.It Fl c Ar number +Call this number. +.It Fl E Ar char +Use this escape character. +.It Fl e +Use even parity. +.It Fl F Ar flow +Set flow control to +.Ar hard , +.Ar soft , +or +.Ar none . +.It Fl f +Use no flow control. +.It Fl h +Echo characters locally (half-duplex mode). +.It Fl l Ar line +Specify the line to use. +Either of the forms like +.Pa tty00 +or +.Pa /dev/tty00 +are permitted. +.It Fl n +No escape (disable tilde). +.It Fl o +Use odd parity. +.It Fl P Ar parity +Set parity to +.Ar even , +.Ar odd , +or +.Ar none . +By default, no parity is used. +.It Fl p Ar acu +Set the ACU port. +.It Fl s Ar speed +Set the speed of the connection. +Defaults to 9600. +.It Fl t +Connect via a hard-wired connection to a host on a dial-up line. +.El +.Pp +If +.Ar speed +is specified it will override any baudrate specified in the system +description being used. +.Pp +If neither +.Ar speed +nor +.Ar system-name +are specified, +.Ar system-name +will be set to the value of the +.Ev HOST +environment variable. +.Pp +If +.Ar speed +is specified but +.Ar system-name +is not, +.Ar system-name +will be set to a value of +.Dq tip +with +.Ar speed +appended. +e.g.\& +.Ic tip -1200 +will set +.Ar system-name +to +.Dq tip1200 . +.Pp +The optional +.Dq dir +argument is for Taylor implementation compatibility, indicating a +direct connection. +(This is how +.Nm cu +behaves by default, regardless.) +.Pp +Typed characters are normally transmitted directly to the remote +machine (which does the echoing as well). +A tilde (`~') appearing +as the first character of a line is an escape signal; the following +are recognized: +.Bl -tag -width flag +.It Ic \&~^D No or Ic \&~ . +Drop the connection and exit +(you may still be logged in on the +remote machine). +.It Ic \&~c Op Ar name +Change directory to +.Ar name +(no argument +implies change to your home directory). +.It Ic \&~! +Escape to a shell (exiting the shell will +return you to tip). +.It Ic \&~> +Copy file from local to remote. +.Nm +prompts for the name of a local file to transmit. +.It Ic \&~< +Copy file from remote to local. +.Nm +prompts first for the name of the file to be sent, then for +a command to be executed on the remote machine. +.It Ic \&~p Ar from Op Ar to +Send a file to a remote +.Ux +host. +The put command causes the remote +.Ux +system to run the command string ``cat > 'to''', while +.Nm +sends it the ``from'' +file. +If the ``to'' file isn't specified the ``from'' file name is used. +This command is actually a +.Ux +specific version of the ``~>'' command. +.It Ic \&~t Ar from Op Ar to +Take a file from a remote +.Ux +host. +As in the put command the ``to'' file +defaults to the ``from'' file name if it isn't specified. +The remote host +executes the command string ``cat 'from';echo ^A'' to send the file to +.Nm . +.It Ic \&~| +Pipe the output from a remote command to a local +.Ux +process. +The command string sent to the local +.Ux +system is processed by the shell. +.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 \&~C +Fork a child process on the local system to perform special protocols +such as +.Tn XMODEM . +The child program will be run with the following +arrangement of file descriptors: +.Bl -column -offset indent 0 "<->" "remote tty in" +.It 0 Ta <-> Ta remote tty in +.It 1 Ta <-> Ta remote tty out +.It 2 Ta <-> Ta local tty out +.El +.It Ic \&~+ +Synonym for \&~C, provided for compatibility with other versions of +.Nm cu . +.It Ic \&~# +Send a +.Dv BREAK +to the remote system. +For systems which don't support the +necessary +.Ar ioctl +call the break is simulated by a sequence of line speed changes +and +.Dv DEL +characters. +.It Ic \&~s +Set a variable (see the discussion below). +.It Ic \&~^Z +Stop +.Nm +(only available with job control). +.It Ic \&~^Y +Stop only the ``local side'' of +.Nm +(only available with job control); +the ``remote side'' of +.Nm , +the side that displays output from the remote host, is left running. +.It Ic \&~? +Get a summary of the tilde escapes +.El +.Pp +.Nm +uses the file +.Pa /etc/remote +to find how to reach a particular +system and to find out how it should operate while talking +to the system; +refer to +.Xr remote 5 +for a full description. +Each system has a default baud rate with which to +establish a connection. +If this value is not suitable, the baud rate +to be used may be specified on the command line, e.g. +.Ql "tip -300 mds" . +.Pp +When +.Nm +establishes a connection it sends out a +connection message to the remote system; the default value, if any, +is defined in +.Pa /etc/remote +(see +.Xr remote 5 ) . +.Pp +When +.Nm +prompts for an argument (e.g. 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 you to the +remote machine. +.Pp +.Nm +guards against multiple users connecting to a remote system +by opening modems and terminal lines with exclusive access, +and by honoring the locking protocol used by +.Xr uucico 8 . +.Pp +During file transfers +.Nm +provides a running count of the number of lines transferred. +When using the ~> and ~< commands, the ``eofread'' and ``eofwrite'' +variables are used to recognize end-of-file when reading, and +specify end-of-file when writing (see below). +File transfers normally depend on tandem mode for flow control. +If the remote +system does not support tandem mode, ``echocheck'' may be set +to indicate +.Nm +should synchronize with the remote system on the echo of each +transmitted character. +.Pp +When +.Nm +must dial a phone number to connect to a system it will print +various messages indicating its actions. +.Nm +supports the +.Tn DEC DN Ns -11 +and +Racal-Vadic 831 auto-call-units; +the +.Tn DEC DF Ns \&02 +and +.Tn DF Ns \&03 , +Ventel 212+, Racal-Vadic 3451, and +Bizcomp 1031 and 1032 integral call unit/modems. +.Ss VARIABLES +.Nm +maintains a set of +.Ar variables +which control its operation. +Some of these variables are read-only to normal users (root is allowed +to change anything of interest). +Variables may be displayed +and set through the ``s'' escape. +The syntax for variables is patterned +after +.Xr vi 1 +and +.Xr mail 1 . +Supplying ``all'' +as an argument to the set command displays all variables readable by +the user. +Alternatively, the user may request display of a particular +variable by attaching a `?' to the end. +For example ``escape?'' displays +the current escape character. +.Pp +Variables are numeric, string, character, or boolean values. +Boolean +variables are set merely by specifying their name; they may be reset +by prepending a `!' to the name. +Other variable types are set by +concatenating an `=' and the value. +The entire assignment must not +have any blanks in it. +A single set command may be used to interrogate +as well as set a number of variables. +Variables may be initialized at run time by placing set commands +(without the ``~s'' prefix in a file +.Pa .tiprc +in one's home directory). +The +.Fl v +option causes +.Nm +to display the sets as they are made. +Certain common variables have abbreviations. +The following is a list of common variables, +their abbreviations, and their default values. +.Bl -tag -width Ar +.It Ar beautify +(bool) Discard unprintable characters when a session is being scripted; +abbreviated +.Ar be . +.It Ar baudrate +(num) The baud rate at which the connection was established; +abbreviated +.Ar ba . +.It Ar dialtimeout +(num) When dialing a phone number, the time (in seconds) +to wait for a connection to be established; abbreviated +.Ar dial . +.It Ar echocheck +(bool) Synchronize with the remote host during file transfer by +waiting for the echo of the last character transmitted; default is +.Ar off . +.It Ar eofread +(str) The set of characters which signify an end-of-transmission +during a ~< file transfer command; abbreviated +.Ar eofr . +.It Ar eofwrite +(str) The string sent to indicate end-of-transmission during +a ~> file transfer command; abbreviated +.Ar eofw . +.It Ar eol +(str) The set of characters which indicate an end-of-line. +.Nm +will recognize escape characters only after an end-of-line. +.It Ar escape +(char) The command prefix (escape) character; abbreviated +.Ar es ; +default value is `~'. +.It Ar exceptions +(str) The set of characters which should not be discarded +due to the beautification switch; abbreviated +.Ar ex ; +default value is ``\et\en\ef\eb''. +.It Ar force +(char) The character used to force literal data transmission; +abbreviated +.Ar fo ; +default value is `^P'. +.It Ar framesize +(num) The amount of data (in bytes) to buffer between file system +writes when receiving files; abbreviated +.Ar fr . +.It Ar host +(str) The name of the host to which you are connected; abbreviated +.Ar ho . +.It Ar prompt +(char) The character which indicates an end-of-line on the remote +host; abbreviated +.Ar pr ; +default value is `\en'. +This value is used to synchronize during +data transfers. +The count of lines transferred during a file transfer +command is based on receipt of this character. +.It Ar raise +(bool) Upper case mapping mode; abbreviated +.Ar ra ; +default value is +.Ar off . +When this mode is enabled, all lower case letters will be mapped to +upper case by +.Nm +for transmission to the remote machine. +.It Ar raisechar +(char) The input character used to toggle upper case mapping mode; +abbreviated +.Ar rc ; +default value is `^A'. +.It Ar record +(str) The name of the file in which a session script is recorded; +abbreviated +.Ar rec ; +default value is ``tip.record''. +.It Ar script +(bool) Session scripting mode; abbreviated +.Ar sc ; +default is +.Ar off . +When +.Ar script +is +.Li true , +.Nm +will record everything transmitted by the remote machine in +the script record file specified in +.Ar record . +If the +.Ar beautify +switch is on, only printable +.Tn ASCII +characters will be included in +the script file (those characters between 040 and 0177). +The +variable +.Ar exceptions +is used to indicate characters which are an exception to the normal +beautification rules. +.It Ar tabexpand +(bool) Expand tabs to spaces during file transfers; abbreviated +.Ar tab ; +default value is +.Ar false . +Each tab is expanded to 8 spaces. +.It Ar tandem +(bool) Use XON/XOFF flow control to throttle data from the remote host; +abbreviated +.Ar ta . +The default value is +.Ar true +unless the +.Ar nt +capability has been specified in +.Pa /etc/remote , +in which case the default value is +.Ar false . +.It Ar verbose +(bool) Verbose mode; abbreviated +.Ar verb ; +default is +.Ar true . +When verbose mode is enabled, +.Nm +prints messages while dialing, shows the current number +of lines transferred during a file transfer operations, +and more. +.El +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Nm +uses the following environment variables: +.Bl -tag -width Fl +.It Ev SHELL +(str) The name of the shell to use for the ~! command; default +value is ``/bin/sh'', or taken from the environment. +.It Ev HOME +(str) The home directory to use for the ~c command; default +value is taken from the environment. +.It Ev HOST +Check for a default host if none specified. +.El +.Pp +The variables +.Ev ${REMOTE} +and +.Ev ${PHONES} +are also exported. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /var/spool/lock/LCK..* -compact +.It Pa /etc/remote +Global system descriptions. +.It Pa /etc/phones +Global phone number data base. +.It ${REMOTE} +Private system descriptions. +.It ${PHONES} +Private phone numbers. +.It ~/.tiprc +Initialization file. +.It Pa tip.record +Record file. +.El +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +Diagnostics are, hopefully, self explanatory. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr phones 5 , +.Xr remote 5 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . +The +.Nm cu +.Pq Dq Call Unix +command first appeared outside of Bell Labs in PWB/UNIX 1.0. +.Bx +reimplemented it as part of the +.Nm +command. +.Sh BUGS +The full set of variables is undocumented and should, probably, be +pared down. |
