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<TITLE>vboxputty(8) manual page</TITLE>
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<a href="http://smarden.org/pape/">G. Pape</a><br><A HREF="index.html">vbox3</A><hr><P>

<H2><A NAME="sect0">Name</A></H2>
vboxputty - a self-dialing/-calling vboxgetty (vbox3) 
<H2><A NAME="sect1">Synopsis</A></H2>
<B>vboxputty</B>
<B>-d</B> <I>device</I> <B>-c</B> <I>phonenumber</I> [<B>-w</B> <I>seconds</I>] [<B>-b</B> <I>seconds</I>] [<B>-r</B> <I>num</I>] [<B>-x</B> <I>debug</I>] [<B>-e]</B> [<B>-vh]</B>

<H2><A NAME="sect2">Description</A></H2>
<B>vboxputty</B> is a <B><I>vboxgetty</B>(8)</I>, not waiting for, but triggering
a phone call. After connect, <B>vboxputty</B> is acting exactly like <B><I>vboxgetty</B>(8)</I>.
<B>vboxputty</B> exits with 0 if a connection was established, 99 on BUSY. 
<H2><A NAME="sect3">Options</A></H2>

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<DT><B>-d,
--device <I>device</B> </I></DT>
<DD>use <I>device</I> for this putty. <I>device</I> is one of /dev/ttyI*, see
<B><I>ttyI</B>(4)</I>. </DD>

<DT><B>-c, --call <I>phonenumber</B> </I></DT>
<DD>call <I>phonenumber</I>, do not use any special characters.
</DD>

<DT><B>-w, --wait <I>seconds</B> </I></DT>
<DD>wait <I>seconds</I> seconds after CONNECT, before processing the
call. </DD>

<DT><B>-b, --busy <I>seconds</B> </I></DT>
<DD>wait <I>seconds</I> seconds after BUSY, before starting the
next try. </DD>

<DT><B>-r, --redial <I>num</B> </I></DT>
<DD>try <I>num</I> times on BUSY before giving up. </DD>

<DT><B>-x, --debug
<I>debug</B> </I></DT>
<DD>set debug level to <I>debug</I>. <I>debug</I> is a set of the characters <I>EWIAD</I> or
<I>FULL</I>, where <I>FULL</I> means full debugging and <P>
   E - error messages<BR>
   W - warnings<BR>
   I - informations<BR>
   A - action messages (main routines)<BR>
   D - debugging messages<BR>
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 </DD>

<DT><B>-e, --stderr</B> </DT>
<DD>log all messages to <I>stderr</I> instead of writing to the logfile
<I>/var/log/vboxputty-ttyI*.log</I>. Use this option with <B>daemontools</B>' <B><I>svscan</B>(8)</I> and
<B><I>supervise</B>(8)</I>. </DD>

<DT><B>-h, --help</B> </DT>
<DD>print usage information and exit. </DD>

<DT><B>-v, --version</B> </DT>
<DD>print
version information and exit. </DD>
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<H2><A NAME="sect4">See Also</A></H2>
<I>vboxgetty(8)</I>, <I>ttyI(4)</I> <P>
 <I>http://smarden.org/pape/vbox3/</I>

<H2><A NAME="sect5">Author</A></H2>
Gerrit Pape &lt;pape@smarden.org&gt; <P>

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<A NAME="toc"><B>Table of Contents</B></A><P>
<UL>
<LI><A NAME="toc0" HREF="#sect0">Name</A></LI>
<LI><A NAME="toc1" HREF="#sect1">Synopsis</A></LI>
<LI><A NAME="toc2" HREF="#sect2">Description</A></LI>
<LI><A NAME="toc3" HREF="#sect3">Options</A></LI>
<LI><A NAME="toc4" HREF="#sect4">See Also</A></LI>
<LI><A NAME="toc5" HREF="#sect5">Author</A></LI>
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