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.TH vboxputty 8
.SH NAME
vboxputty \- a self-dialing/-calling vboxgetty (vbox3)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vboxputty
.B \-d
.I device
.B \-c
.I phonenumber
.RB [ \-w
.IR seconds ]
.RB [ \-b
.IR seconds ]
.RB [ \-r
.IR num ]
.RB [ \-x
.IR debug ]
.RB [ \-e\fR]
.RB [ \-vh\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B vboxputty
is a
.BR vboxgetty (8),
not waiting for, but triggering a phone call. After connect,
.B vboxputty
is acting exactly like
.BR vboxgetty (8).
.B vboxputty
exits with 0 if a connection was established, 99 on BUSY.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-d, --device \fIdevice
use
.I device
for this putty.
.I device
is one of /dev/ttyI*, see
.BR ttyI (4).
.TP
.B \-c, --call \fIphonenumber
call
.IR phonenumber ,
do not use any special characters.
.TP
.B \-w, --wait \fIseconds
wait
.I seconds
seconds after CONNECT, before processing the call.
.TP
.B \-b, --busy \fIseconds
wait
.I seconds
seconds after BUSY, before starting the next try.
.TP
.B \-r, --redial \fInum
try
.I num
times on BUSY before giving up.
.TP
.B \-x, --debug \fIdebug
set debug level to
.IR debug .
.I debug
is a set of the characters
.I EWIAD
or
.IR FULL ,
where
.I FULL
means full debugging and

  E \- error messages
  W \- warnings
  I \- informations
  A \- action messages (main routines)
  D \- debugging messages

.TP
.B \-e, --stderr
log all messages to
.I stderr
instead of writing to the logfile
.IR /var/log/vboxputty-ttyI*.log .
Use this option with
.BR daemontools '
.BR svscan (8)
and
.BR supervise (8).
.TP
.B \-h, --help
print usage information and exit.
.TP
.B \-v, --version
print version information and exit.
.SH SEE ALSO
vboxgetty(8),
ttyI(4)

http://smarden.org/pape/vbox3/
.SH AUTHOR
Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>