calls up another UNIX system,
or possibly a non-UNIX system.
It manages an interactive conversation with possible
with minus signs at appropriate places for delays.
flag is used to dial out to a terminal.
gives the transmission speed (110, 134, 150, 300, 1200);
300 is the default value.
for the ACU and communications line devices.
They can be used to override the following
After making the connection,
process reads the standard input and
passes most of it to the remote system;
process reads from the remote system and passes
most data to the standard output.
Lines beginning with `~' have special meanings.
process interprets the following:
terminate the conversation.
terminate the conversation
as though typed at the terminal.
invoke an interactive shell on the local system.
run the command on the local system
run the command locally and send its output
copy file `from' (on the remote system)
to file `to' on the local system.
the `from' name is used both places.
copy file `from' (on local system)
to file `to' on remote system.
If `to' is omitted, the `from' name is used both places.
during an output diversion, this toggles whether the operation of
will be silent, i.e., whether information recieved from the foreign
system will be written to the standard output.
This allows a ``progress report'' during long transfers.
processes handles output diversions of the following form:
zero or more lines to be written to file
In any case, output is diverted (or appended, if `>>' used) to the file.
i.e., it is written only to the file.
output is written both to the file and to the standard output.
The trailing `~>' terminates the diversion.
It also requires 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.
requires the existence of
mode is required on the remote system if
tabs are to be copied without expansion.
nonzero (various values) otherwise.