term(1) [minix man page]

TERM(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   TERM(1)

NAME

       term - turn PC into a dumb terminal [IBM]

SYNOPSIS

       term [baudrate] [parity] [bits_per_character] [-dial_string] [device]

EXAMPLES

       term 2400	   # Talk to modem at 2400 baud

       term 1200 7 even    # 1200 baud, 7 bits/char, even parity

       term 8 9600 /dev/tty01
			   # 9600 baud, 8 bits/char, no parity, use tty01

       term -atdt12345 /dev/tty01
			   # Start with a command to dial out

DESCRIPTION

       Term  allows MINIX to talk to a terminal or modem over RS232 port 1.  The program first sets the baudrate, parity and character length, and
       then forks.  The parent sits in a loop copying from stdin (usually the console's keyboard), to the terminal  or	modem  (/dev/tty00).   The
       child  sits  in a loop copying from the terminal or modem (/dev/tty00) to standard output.  Thus when RS232 port 1 is connected to a modem,
       every keystroke typed on the keyboard is sent to the modem, and every character arriving from the modem is displayed.  Standard	input  and
       output  may  be redirected, to provide a primitive file transfer program, with no checking.  Any argument that starts with a minus ('-') is
       sent out to the modem, usually to dial out.  Term accepts several commands that are formed by typing the escape character,  CTRL-],  and  a
       letter.	 Type  CTRL-]?	to  see  a list of commands.  The subshell command is very important, it allows you to type in a ZMODEM command to
       transfer data.  Do not quit term to do this, or your modem line will be reset!  Term keeps the modem line open on file descriptor  9  while
       running the subshell, so you can type

	    <&9 >&9

       at the end of your ZMODEM command to connect it to the modem.

       Important  note: to use term, it is essential that /etc/ttytab is configured so that there is no shell hanging on /dev/tty01.  If there is,
       both the shell and term will try to read from /dev/tty01, and nothing will work.

SEE ALSO

       rz(1), sz(1).

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