vboxputty - a self-dialing/-calling vboxgetty


SYNOPSIS

       vboxputty  -d device [-f config-file] [-c phonenumber] [-s
       ring-timeout] [-w wait] [-t redial] [-r redial-pause]

       vboxputty [-hv]


DESCRIPTION

       vboxputty is a vboxgetty, not waiting for, but  triggering
       a  call.  After  connect, vboxputty is acting exactly like
       vboxgetty.  vboxputty exits with 0  if  a  connection  was
       established, 99 on BUSY.


OPTIONS

       -h     display a short help

       -v     display the version information

       -f config-file
              use    config-file    instead    of   the   default
              vboxgetty.conf

       -d device
              use device (/dev/ttyI*) for dialout

       -c phonenumber
              the phonenumber to be called

       -s ring-timeout
              vboxputty will dial the phonenumber and wait  ring-
              timeout  seconds for the called party to accept the
              call, if ring-timeout seconds are  ellapsed  before
              connect, vboxputty will hangup.

       -w wait
              after the connection is established, vboxputty will
              wait wait seconds before starting the tcl-script

       -t redial
              if the called party is  BUSY,  vboxputty  will  try
              redial times to get a connect

       -r redial-pause
              vboxputty  waits redial-pause seconds between BUSY-
              redials


FILES

       /usr/local/vbox/etc/vboxgetty.conf


AUTHOR

       Gerrit Pape <pape@innominate.de>

       the vbox-documentation


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