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        !             5: .\"    @(#)tip.1c      6.3 (Berkeley) 5/5/86
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        !             7: .TH TIP 1C "May 5, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: tip, cu \- connect to a remote system
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B tip
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B \-v
        !            15: ] [
        !            16: .BI \- speed
        !            17: ] system-name
        !            18: .br
        !            19: .B tip
        !            20: [
        !            21: .B \-v
        !            22: ] [
        !            23: .BI \- speed
        !            24: ] phone-number
        !            25: .br
        !            26: .B cu
        !            27: phone-number
        !            28: [
        !            29: .B \-t
        !            30: ] [
        !            31: .B \-s
        !            32: .I speed
        !            33: ] [
        !            34: .B \ -a
        !            35: .I acu
        !            36: ] [
        !            37: .B \-l
        !            38: .I line
        !            39: ] [
        !            40: .B \-#
        !            41: ]
        !            42: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            43: .I Tip
        !            44: and
        !            45: .I cu
        !            46: establish a full-duplex connection to another machine,
        !            47: giving the appearance of being logged in directly on the
        !            48: remote cpu.  It goes without saying that you must have a login
        !            49: on the machine (or equivalent) to which you wish to connect.
        !            50: The preferred interface is
        !            51: .IR tip .
        !            52: The
        !            53: .I cu
        !            54: interface is included for those people attached to the
        !            55: ``call UNIX'' command of version 7.  This manual page
        !            56: describes only 
        !            57: .IR tip .
        !            58: .PP
        !            59: Typed characters are normally transmitted directly to the remote
        !            60: machine (which does the echoing as well).  A tilde (`~') appearing
        !            61: as the first character of a line is an escape signal; the following
        !            62: are recognized:
        !            63: .TP 10
        !            64: .B ~^D ~.
        !            65: Drop the connection and exit
        !            66: (you may still be logged in on the
        !            67: remote machine).
        !            68: .TP 10
        !            69: \fB~c \fP [\fIname\fP]
        !            70: Change directory to name (no argument
        !            71: implies change to your home directory).
        !            72: .TP 10
        !            73: .B ~!
        !            74: Escape to a shell (exiting the shell will
        !            75: return you to tip).
        !            76: .TP 10
        !            77: .B ~>
        !            78: Copy file from local to remote.
        !            79: .I Tip
        !            80: prompts for the name of a local file to transmit.
        !            81: .TP 10
        !            82: .B ~<
        !            83: Copy file from remote to local.
        !            84: .I Tip
        !            85: prompts first for the name of the file to be sent, then for
        !            86: a command to be executed on the remote machine.
        !            87: .TP 10
        !            88: \fB~p\fP \fIfrom\fP [ \fIto\fP ]
        !            89: Send a file to a remote UNIX host.  The put command causes the remote UNIX
        !            90: system to run the command string ``cat > 'to''', while
        !            91: .I tip
        !            92: sends it the ``from''
        !            93: file.  If the ``to'' file isn't specified the ``from'' file name is used.
        !            94: This command is actually a UNIX specific version of the ``~>'' command.
        !            95: .TP 10
        !            96: \fB~t\fP \fIfrom\fP [ \fIto\fP ]
        !            97: Take a file from a remote UNIX host. 
        !            98: As in the put command the ``to'' file
        !            99: defaults to the ``from'' file name if it isn't specified. 
        !           100: The remote host
        !           101: executes the command string ``cat 'from';echo ^A'' to send the file to
        !           102: .IR tip .
        !           103: .TP 10
        !           104: .B ~|
        !           105: Pipe the output from a remote command to a local UNIX process.
        !           106: The command string sent to the local UNIX system is processed by the shell.
        !           107: .TP 10
        !           108: .B ~$
        !           109: Pipe the output from a local UNIX process to the remote host.
        !           110: The command string sent to the local UNIX system is processed by the shell.
        !           111: .TP 10
        !           112: .B ~#
        !           113: Send a BREAK to the remote system. 
        !           114: For systems which don't support the
        !           115: necessary
        !           116: .I ioctl
        !           117: call the break is simulated by a sequence of line speed changes
        !           118: and DEL characters.
        !           119: .TP 10
        !           120: .B ~s
        !           121: Set a variable (see the discussion below).
        !           122: .TP 10
        !           123: .B ~^Z
        !           124: Stop
        !           125: .I tip
        !           126: (only available with job control).
        !           127: .TP 10
        !           128: .B ~^Y
        !           129: Stop only the ``local side'' of
        !           130: .I tip
        !           131: (only available with job control);
        !           132: the ``remote side'' of
        !           133: .IR tip ,
        !           134: the side that displays output from the remote host, is left running.
        !           135: .TP 10
        !           136: .B ~?
        !           137: Get a summary of the tilde escapes
        !           138: .sp
        !           139: .PP
        !           140: .I Tip
        !           141: uses the file /etc/remote to find how to reach a particular
        !           142: system and to find out how it should operate while talking
        !           143: to the system;
        !           144: refer to
        !           145: .IR remote (5)
        !           146: for a full description.
        !           147: Each system has a default baud rate with which to
        !           148: establish a connection.  If this value is not suitable, the baud rate
        !           149: to be used may be specified on the command line, e.g. ``tip -300 mds''.
        !           150: .PP
        !           151: When
        !           152: .I tip
        !           153: establishes a connection it sends out a
        !           154: connection message to the remote system; the default value, if any,
        !           155: is defined in /etc/remote.
        !           156: .PP
        !           157: When
        !           158: .I tip
        !           159: prompts for an argument (e.g. during setup of
        !           160: a file transfer) the line typed may be edited with the standard
        !           161: erase and kill characters.  A null line in response to a prompt,
        !           162: or an interrupt, will abort the dialogue and return you to the
        !           163: remote machine.
        !           164: .PP
        !           165: .I Tip
        !           166: guards against multiple users connecting to a remote system
        !           167: by opening modems and terminal lines with exclusive access,
        !           168: and by honoring the locking protocol used by
        !           169: .IR uucp (1C).
        !           170: .PP
        !           171: During file transfers 
        !           172: .I tip
        !           173: provides a running count of the number of lines transferred.
        !           174: When using the ~> and ~< commands, the ``eofread'' and ``eofwrite''
        !           175: variables are used to recognize end-of-file when reading, and
        !           176: specify end-of-file when writing (see below).  File transfers
        !           177: normally depend on tandem mode for flow control.  If the remote
        !           178: system does not support tandem mode, ``echocheck'' may be set
        !           179: to indicate
        !           180: .I tip
        !           181: should synchronize with the remote system on the echo of each
        !           182: transmitted character.
        !           183: .PP
        !           184: When
        !           185: .I tip
        !           186: must dial a phone number to connect to a system it will print
        !           187: various messages indicating its actions.
        !           188: .I Tip
        !           189: supports the DEC DN-11 and Racal-Vadic 831 auto-call-units;
        !           190: the DEC DF02 and DF03, Ventel 212+, Racal-Vadic 3451, and
        !           191: Bizcomp 1031 and 1032 integral call unit/modems.
        !           192: .PP
        !           193: .SM
        !           194: .B VARIABLES
        !           195: .PP
        !           196: .I Tip
        !           197: maintains a set of
        !           198: .I variables
        !           199: which control its operation.
        !           200: Some of these variable are read-only to normal users (root is allowed
        !           201: to change anything of interest).  Variables may be displayed
        !           202: and set through the ``s'' escape.  The syntax for variables is patterned
        !           203: after
        !           204: .IR vi (1)
        !           205: and
        !           206: .IR Mail (1).
        !           207: Supplying ``all''
        !           208: as an argument to the set command displays all variables readable by
        !           209: the user.  Alternatively, the user may request display of a particular
        !           210: variable by attaching a `?' to the end.  For example ``escape?''
        !           211: displays the current escape character.
        !           212: .PP
        !           213: Variables are numeric, string, character, or boolean values.  Boolean
        !           214: variables are set merely by specifying their name; they may be reset
        !           215: by prepending a `!' to the name.  Other variable types are set by
        !           216: concatenating an `=' and the value.  The entire assignment must not
        !           217: have any blanks in it.  A single set command may be used to interrogate
        !           218: as well as set a number of variables.
        !           219: Variables may be initialized at run time by placing set commands
        !           220: (without the ``~s'' prefix in a file
        !           221: .I .tiprc
        !           222: in one's home directory).  The
        !           223: .B \-v
        !           224: option causes
        !           225: .I tip
        !           226: to display the sets as they are made.
        !           227: Certain common variables have abbreviations. 
        !           228: The following is a list of common variables,
        !           229: their abbreviations, and their default values.
        !           230: .TP
        !           231: .B beautify
        !           232: .br
        !           233: (bool) Discard unprintable characters when a session is being scripted;
        !           234: abbreviated 
        !           235: .IR be .
        !           236: .TP
        !           237: .B baudrate
        !           238: .br
        !           239: (num) The baud rate at which the connection was established;
        !           240: abbreviated
        !           241: .IR ba .
        !           242: .TP
        !           243: .B dialtimeout
        !           244: .br
        !           245: (num) When dialing a phone number, the time (in seconds)
        !           246: to wait for a connection to be established; abbreviated
        !           247: .IR dial .
        !           248: .TP
        !           249: .B echocheck
        !           250: .br
        !           251: (bool) Synchronize with the remote host during file transfer by
        !           252: waiting for the echo of the last character transmitted; default is
        !           253: .IR off .
        !           254: .TP
        !           255: .B eofread
        !           256: .br
        !           257: (str) The set of characters which signify and end-of-tranmission
        !           258: during a ~< file transfer command; abbreviated
        !           259: .IR eofr .
        !           260: .TP
        !           261: .B eofwrite
        !           262: .br
        !           263: (str) The string sent to indicate end-of-transmission during
        !           264: a ~> file transfer command; abbreviated
        !           265: .IR eofw .
        !           266: .TP
        !           267: .B eol
        !           268: .br
        !           269: (str) The set of characters which indicate an end-of-line.
        !           270: .I Tip
        !           271: will recognize escape characters only after an end-of-line.
        !           272: .TP
        !           273: .B escape
        !           274: .br
        !           275: (char) The command prefix (escape) character; abbreviated
        !           276: .IR es ;
        !           277: default value is `~'.
        !           278: .TP
        !           279: .B exceptions
        !           280: .br
        !           281: (str) The set of characters which should not be discarded
        !           282: due to the beautification switch; abbreviated
        !           283: .IR ex ;
        !           284: default value is ``\et\en\ef\eb''.
        !           285: .TP
        !           286: .B force
        !           287: .br
        !           288: (char) The character used to force literal data transmission;
        !           289: abbreviated
        !           290: .IR fo ;
        !           291: default value is `^P'.
        !           292: .TP
        !           293: .B framesize
        !           294: .br
        !           295: (num) The amount of data (in bytes) to buffer between file system
        !           296: writes when receiving files; abbreviated
        !           297: .IR fr .
        !           298: .TP
        !           299: .B host
        !           300: .br
        !           301: (str) The name of the host to which you are connected; abbreviated
        !           302: .IR ho .
        !           303: .TP
        !           304: .B prompt
        !           305: .br
        !           306: (char) The character which indicates and end-of-line on the remote
        !           307: host; abbreviated
        !           308: .IR pr ;
        !           309: default value is `\en'.  This value is used to synchronize during
        !           310: data transfers.  The count of lines transferred during a file transfer
        !           311: command is based on recipt of this character.
        !           312: .TP
        !           313: .B raise
        !           314: .br
        !           315: (bool) Upper case mapping mode; abbreviated 
        !           316: .IR ra ;
        !           317: default value is 
        !           318: .IR off .
        !           319: When this mode is enabled, all lower case letters will be mapped to
        !           320: upper case by
        !           321: .I tip
        !           322: for transmission to the remote machine.
        !           323: .TP
        !           324: .B raisechar
        !           325: .br
        !           326: (char) The input character used to toggle upper case mapping mode;
        !           327: abbreviated
        !           328: .IR rc ;
        !           329: default value is `^A'.
        !           330: .TP
        !           331: .B record
        !           332: .br
        !           333: (str) The name of the file in which a session script is recorded;
        !           334: abbreviated
        !           335: .IR rec ;
        !           336: default value is ``tip.record''.
        !           337: .TP
        !           338: .B script
        !           339: .br
        !           340: (bool) Session scripting mode; abbreviated
        !           341: .IR sc ;
        !           342: default is 
        !           343: .IR off .
        !           344: When
        !           345: .I script
        !           346: is 
        !           347: .IR true ,
        !           348: .I tip
        !           349: will record everything transmitted by the remote machine in
        !           350: the script record file specified in
        !           351: .IR record .
        !           352: If the
        !           353: .I beautify
        !           354: switch is on, only printable ASCII characters will be included in
        !           355: the script file (those characters betwee 040 and 0177).  The
        !           356: variable
        !           357: .I exceptions
        !           358: is used to indicate characters which are an exception to the normal
        !           359: beautification rules.
        !           360: .TP
        !           361: .B tabexpand
        !           362: .br
        !           363: (bool) Expand tabs to spaces during file transfers; abbreviated
        !           364: .IR tab ;
        !           365: default value is
        !           366: .IR false .
        !           367: Each tab is expanded to 8 spaces.
        !           368: .TP
        !           369: .B verbose
        !           370: .br
        !           371: (bool) Verbose mode; abbreviated
        !           372: .IR verb ;
        !           373: default is 
        !           374: .IR true .
        !           375: When verbose mode is enabled, 
        !           376: .I tip
        !           377: prints messages while dialing, shows the current number
        !           378: of lines transferred during a file transfer operations,
        !           379: and more.
        !           380: .TP
        !           381: .B SHELL
        !           382: .br
        !           383: (str) The name of the shell to use for the ~! command; default
        !           384: value is ``/bin/sh'', or taken from the environment.
        !           385: .TP
        !           386: .B HOME
        !           387: .br
        !           388: (str) The home directory to use for the ~c command; default
        !           389: value is taken from the environment.
        !           390: .PP
        !           391: .SH FILES
        !           392: .ta \w'/usr/spool/uucp/LCK..*   'u
        !           393: .nf
        !           394: /etc/remote    global system descriptions
        !           395: /etc/phones    global phone number data base
        !           396: ${REMOTE}      private system descriptions
        !           397: ${PHONES}      private phone numbers
        !           398: ~/.tiprc       initialization file.
        !           399: /usr/spool/uucp/LCK..* lock file to avoid conflicts with \fIuucp\fP
        !           400: .fi
        !           401: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !           402: Diagnostics are, hopefully, self explanatory.
        !           403: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           404: remote(5),
        !           405: phones(5)
        !           406: .SH BUGS
        !           407: The full set of variables is undocumented and should, probably, be
        !           408: paired down.

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