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1.1     ! root        1: .TH DIALOUT 3
        !             2: .CT 2 comm_mach
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: dialout \(mi place call on ACU
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B int dialout(telno, class)
        !             7: .br
        !             8: .B char *telno, *class;
        !             9: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            10: .I Dialout
        !            11: places a data call via an automatic calling unit directly
        !            12: attached to the calling computer.
        !            13: To use an ACU on Datakit see the example in
        !            14: .IR ipc (3).
        !            15: .PP
        !            16: .I Dialout
        !            17: searches for an ACU of the appropriate service class
        !            18: and places a data call on the associated line, using the given telephone
        !            19: number.
        !            20: If successful, it returns an open file descriptor for the line.
        !            21: The file is in raw mode, and has exclusive-use and hangup-on-close modes set.
        !            22: It returns \-1
        !            23: if all ACUs of the given class are busy,
        !            24: \-3
        !            25: if carrier
        !            26: could not be set, and
        !            27: \-9
        !            28: if the service class is unidentifiable.
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: The routine consults a data file
        !            31: .F /etc/aculist
        !            32: that consists of lines containing six blank- or tab-separated fields.
        !            33: .TP "\w'service class  'u"
        !            34: service class
        !            35: Each line with a service class matching the one specified is tried
        !            36: in turn until an unoccupied one is found.
        !            37: Service classes specify a switching office and a baud rate.
        !            38: .IP
        !            39: Defined service classes at the `research' site are
        !            40: .B 300
        !            41: and
        !            42: .BR 1200 ,
        !            43: for 300- and 1200-baud calls on 665- phone lines, with synonyms
        !            44: .B D300
        !            45: and
        !            46: .BR D1200 .
        !            47: Internal calls on these lines require 5 digits.
        !            48: Service classes
        !            49: .B C300
        !            50: and
        !            51: .B C1200
        !            52: use 582- phone lines.
        !            53: Internal calls on these lines require 4 digits and reach only other
        !            54: 582- lines.
        !            55: .TP
        !            56: file
        !            57: The file name of the associated special file for the telephone line.
        !            58: .TP
        !            59: acu
        !            60: The file name of the associated ACU.
        !            61: If specified as
        !            62: .BR none ,
        !            63: no ACU is used and the telephone number is ignored.
        !            64: This is for hardwired connections.
        !            65: .TP
        !            66: speed
        !            67: The bit rate of the interface, chosen from the numbers given in
        !            68: .IR ttyld (4).
        !            69: .TP
        !            70: prefix
        !            71: A string to be prefixed to the number.
        !            72: This is handy for shared ACUs in which the first digit specifies a line.
        !            73: The prefix
        !            74: .L -
        !            75: is taken to be an empty prefix.
        !            76: .TP
        !            77: postfix
        !            78: A string to be postfixed to the number to be dialed.
        !            79: Some ACUs require an `end of number' code; it should be specified here.
        !            80: .SH FILES
        !            81: .TP
        !            82: .F /etc/aculist
        !            83: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            84: .IR ttyld (4),
        !            85: .IR cu (1),
        !            86: .IR ipc (3)

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