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     CU(1)                                                       CU(1)

     NAME
          cu - call Unix

     SYNOPSIS
          cu [ -tn ] telno [ service-class ]

     DESCRIPTION
          Cu places a data call to a given telephone number and
          expects a computer to answer.  It manages an interactive
          conversation with possible transfers of text files.  Telno
          is the telephone number, consisting of digits with minus
          signs at appropriate places to indicate delay for second or
          subsequent dial tones.  A telephone number may also be
          expressed symbolically.  The files $HOME/lib/cunumber and
          /usr/lib/cunumber are searched for lines with up to four
          fields separated by white space:

               symbolic telephone number
               actual telephone number
               service class (see below)
               comment

          If a comment is present, it is printed out when the connec-
          tion is made.

          The flag argument -n causes cu merely to print out the the
          number that would be called, then exit.

          The flag argument -t causes cu to use the DC1/DC3 (^S/^Q)
          protocol to stop transmission from the remote system when
          the local terminal buffers are almost full.  This argument
          should only be used if the remote system understands that
          protocol.

          An optional second command argument specifies a class of
          service.  Locally, one may choose between the 103-type (slow
          speed) or 112-type (high-speed) datasets, and perhaps
          between the Centrex or the data Dimension networks.  D or
          D1200 (or just 1200) is 1200 baud on the Dimension system
          (the default); D300 is 300 baud Dimension.  Systems with
          their own diallers may allow C1200 and C300 as well, for
          1200 and 300 baud Centrex calls.

          An explicit service class on the command line overrides any
          specified in a cunumber file.

          After making the connection, cu runs as two processes: the
          send process reads the standard input and passes most of it
          to the remote system; the receive process reads from the
          remote system and passes most data to the standard output.

     CU(1)                                                       CU(1)

          Lines beginning with `~' have special meanings.

          The send process interprets the following:

          ~.                terminate the conversation.
          ~EOT              terminate the conversation

          ~<file            send the contents of file to the remote
                            system, as though typed at the terminal.

          ~!                invoke an interactive shell on the local
                            system.

          ~!cmd ...         run the command on the local system (via
                            sh -c).

          ~$cmd ...         run the command locally and send its out-
                            put to the remote system.

          ~b
          ~%break           are identical, and cause a break (300 ms.
                            space) to be sent.

          ~%take from [to]  copy file `from' (on the remote system) to
                            file `to' on the local system.  If `to' is
                            omitted, the `from' name is used both
                            places.

          ~%put from [to]   copy file `from' (on local system) to file
                            `to' on remote system.  If `to' is omit-
                            ted, the `from' name is used both places.

          ~~...             send the line `~...'.

          The receive process handles output diversions of the follow-
          ing form:

          ~>[>][:]file
          zero or more lines to be written to file
          ~>

          Output is diverted (or appended, if `>>' used) to the file.
          If `:' is used, the diversion is silent, i.e., it is written
          only to the file.  If `:' is omitted, output is written both
          to the file and to the standard output.  The trailing `~>'
          terminates the diversion.

          The receive process also recognizes lines of the form

          ~!command
          or
          ~:!command

     CU(1)                                                       CU(1)

          which cause command to be executed locally.  If the `:' is
          present the line is not printed before execution.

          The use of ~%put requires stty and cat on the remote side.
          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.

          The use of ~%take requires the existence of echo and tee on
          the remote system.  Also, stty tabs mode is required on the
          remote system if tabs are to be copied without expansion.

     FILES
          /usr/lib/cunumber, $HOME/lib/cunumber

     SEE ALSO
          dn(4), ttyld(4), dialout(3)

     DIAGNOSTICS
          Exit code is zero for normal exit, nonzero (various values)
          otherwise.

     BUGS
          The syntax is unique.  The speed option (-s) should be put
          back (it is at least partially independent of the class of
          service).

          ~! is a friend to the malicious.