Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:00:23 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Wayne Sierke <ws@au.dyndns.ws> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cu: ACU? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1003051750220.2481@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <1265897908.2840.250.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002081415060.2914@wonkity.com> <1265897908.2840.250.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, 12 Feb 2010, Wayne Sierke wrote: > On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 14:26 -0700, Warren Block wrote: >> What is an ACU? The man pages for cu and tip use "acu" don't define the >> term. Neither does the source, that I can find. /etc/remote has an >> entry for "Auto call unit type"; is that it? > > Something that has often piqued my interest when I've used cu. > > Automatic Call Unit (probably a pstn/dialup modem these days) > > See: > 4.6.1. Setting up a UUCP connection > http://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/smm/01.setup/paper-4.html Here are a couple of tiny patches to make this more explicit in the the cu(1) and remote(5) man pages. There really should be an example of using cu with the acu setting to dial a Hayes-compatible modem in the cu man page, but so far I haven't managed to make that work. Feedback and examples welcome. Once this is more complete, I'll submit a PR. Thanks! -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA [-- Attachment #2 --] --- usr.bin/tip/tip/cu.1.orig 2010-03-05 17:43:02.000000000 -0700 +++ usr.bin/tip/tip/cu.1 2010-03-05 17:44:42.000000000 -0700 @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl a Ar acu -Set the acu. +Set the auto call unit (autodialer). .It Fl e Use even parity. If both [-- Attachment #3 --] --- share/man/man5/remote.5.orig 2010-03-05 17:48:25.000000000 -0700 +++ share/man/man5/remote.5 2010-03-05 17:49:04.000000000 -0700 @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ .Bl -tag -width indent .It Cm \&at (str) -Auto call unit type. +Auto call unit (autodialer) type. .It Cm \&br (num) The data rate (bits per second) used for communications on thehelp
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