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126: .IX Title "SERIAL-CONSOLE 1"
127: .TH SERIAL-CONSOLE 1 "2010-09-22" "perl v5.10.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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132: .SH "NAME"
133: serial\-console
134: .SH "SYNOPSIS"
135: .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
136: serial-console [options]
137: .PP
138: Options:
139: .PP
140: .Vb 5
141: \& \-h,\-\-help Display brief help message
142: \& \-v,\-\-verbose Increase verbosity
143: \& \-q,\-\-quiet Decrease verbosity
144: \& \-l,\-\-log FILE Log output to file
145: \& \-r,\-\-rcfile FILE Modify specified bochsrc file
146: .Ve
147: .SH "DESCRIPTION"
148: .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
149: \&\f(CW\*(C`serial\-console\*(C'\fR provides a virtual serial console for use with
150: Bochs. Running \f(CW\*(C`serial\-console\*(C'\fR creates a pseudo-tty. The master
151: side of this pty is made available to the user for interaction; the
152: slave device is written to the Bochs configuration file
153: (\f(CW\*(C`bochsrc.txt\*(C'\fR) for use by a subsequent Bochs session.
154: .SH "EXAMPLES"
155: .IX Header "EXAMPLES"
156: .ie n .IP """serial\-console""" 4
157: .el .IP "\f(CWserial\-console\fR" 4
158: .IX Item "serial-console"
159: Create a virtual serial console for Bochs, modify \f(CW\*(C`bochsrc.txt\*(C'\fR
160: appropriately.
161: .ie n .IP """serial\-console \-r ../.bochsrc \-l serial.log""" 4
162: .el .IP "\f(CWserial\-console \-r ../.bochsrc \-l serial.log\fR" 4
163: .IX Item "serial-console -r ../.bochsrc -l serial.log"
164: Create a virtual serial console for Bochs, modify \f(CW\*(C`../.bochsrc\*(C'\fR
165: appropriately, log output to \f(CW\*(C`serial.log\*(C'\fR.
166: .SH "INVOCATION"
167: .IX Header "INVOCATION"
168: Before starting Bochs, run \f(CW\*(C`serial\-console\*(C'\fR in a different session
169: (e.g. a different xterm window). When you subsequently start Bochs,
170: anything that the emulated machine writes to its serial port will
171: appear in the window running \f(CW\*(C`serial\-console\*(C'\fR, and anything typed in
172: the \f(CW\*(C`serial\-console\*(C'\fR window will arrive on the emulated machine's
173: serial port.
174: .PP
175: You do \fBnot\fR need to rerun \f(CW\*(C`serial\-console\*(C'\fR afresh for each Bochs
176: session.
177: .SH "OPTIONS"
178: .IX Header "OPTIONS"
179: .IP "\fB\-l,\-\-log \s-1FILE\s0\fR" 4
180: .IX Item "-l,--log FILE"
181: Log all output (i.e. everything that is printed in the
182: \&\f(CW\*(C`serial\-console\*(C'\fR window) to the specified file.
183: .IP "\fB\-r,\-\-rcfile \s-1FILE\s0\fR" 4
184: .IX Item "-r,--rcfile FILE"
185: Modify the specified bochsrc file. The file will be updated to
186: contain the path to the slave side of the psuedo tty that we create.
187: The original file will be restored when \f(CW\*(C`serial\-console\*(C'\fR exits. The
188: default is to modify the file \f(CW\*(C`bochsrc.txt\*(C'\fR in the current directory.
189: .Sp
190: To avoid modifying any bochsrc file, use \f(CW\*(C`\-\-norcfile\*(C'\fR.
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