NAME¶

ttysrv - connect to a serial port and log output

SYNOPSIS¶

ttysrv [-o option] [-s sock] [-l log] -t tty [-b baud] [-p parity] [-w wordsize] [-i pidfile]

DESCRIPTION¶

ttysrv is the backend for rconsole. It connects to the serial port, handles the log file and waits for connections from rconsole to view what's happening on the serial console.

OPTIONS¶

-t tty

Specify which device to connect to.

-s sock

The name of the socket to listen for connections from rconsole on.

-o option

Specify any ttyios options to open the port with. Currently only nolocal is supported.

-l log

The logfile to write to. If not set then no log is kept.

-b baud

Set the baud rate to talk to the port at. Defaults to 9600.

-p parity

Set the parity for the serial port. Defaults to none.

-w wordsize

Set the word size for the serial port. Defaults to 8 bits.

-i pidfile

The file to write the pid of ttysrv to. If not specified no such file is written.

SEE ALSO¶

rconsole(1), remote-tty(1).

AUTHOR¶

rtty was written by Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org>. This manual page was written by Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).