NAME¶
cyclades-serial-client Serial Port Interface for Cyclades Terminal
Servers
SYNOPSIS¶
cyclades-serial-client (start | stop | restart | status) [devname]
DESCRIPTION¶
For each physical port listed in cyclades-devices file, cyclades-serial-client
controls the status of the corresponding cyclades-ser-cli interface.
OPTIONS¶
cyclades-serial-client must be invoked with one of the (start, stop, restart or
status), and optionaly with a argument associated to a specific device. In
this case, the action spedified as the option will be performed only for this
device.
If this argument was not supplied, the action will be performed for all devices
listed in cyclades-devices file. The mandatory options are:
- start
- - Starts the cyclades-ser-cli program, using parameters supplied in the
cyclades-devices file. If this program is already running, a message will
be displayed, and no additional copy will be started.
- stop
- - Stops the cyclades-ser-cli program(s), by issuing a SIGTERM signal.
- restart
- - Simulates a hangup to cyclades-ser-cli program(s), by issuing a SIGUSR1
signal.
- status
- - Checks the status of cyclades-ser-cli programs(s).
EXAMPLES¶
Assuming the the following cyclades-devices file configuration:
/dev/ctty01:pr3k:1:rtelnet: /dev/ctty02:pr3k:2:socket:
1 . Start all devices: cyclades-serial-client start Messages: "Starting
/dev/ctty01 <==> pr3k:1 interface" "Starting /dev/ctty02
<==> pr3k:2 interface"
2 . Try to start them again: cyclades-serial-client start Messages:
"cyclades-serial-client : /dev/ctty01 already active"
"cyclades-serial-client : /dev/ctty02 already active"
3 . Stop only /dev/ctty01 device: cyclades-serial-client stop /dev/ctty01
Messages: "Stopping /dev/ctty01 <==> pr3k:2 interface"
4 . Checking status: cyclades-serial-client status Messages: "/dev/ctty01
(rtelnet at pr3k:1) is inactive" "/dev/ctty02 ( socket at pr3k:2)
active, pid 2983"
5 . Start a non-valid device cyclades-serial-client start /dev/xtty01 Messages:
"cyclades-serial-client : device /dev/xtty01 does not exist"
SEE ALSO¶
cyclades-ser-cli(1),
cyclades-devices(5)