1CALL(1) Linux Programmer's Manual CALL(1)
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6 call - make an AX.25, NET/ROM or Rose connection.
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9 For AX.25
10 call [-b l|e] [-d] [-h] [-m s|e] [-p paclen] [-s mycall] [-r] [-t] [-T
11 timeout] [-v] [-w window] [-W] port callsign [[via] digipeaters.....]
12 For NET/ROM
14 call [-d] [-h] [-p paclen] [-r] [-t] [-v] port callsign
15 For Rose
17 call [-d] [-h] [-r] [-t] [-v] port callsign address [[via] digipeater]
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20 Call is the general purpose AX.25, NET/ROM and Rose connection program.
21 As is normal in AX.25 it runs entirely in line mode. All CR/LF transla‐
22 tion is done transparently. The program provides ASCII, YAPP, YAPP-C
23 and 7+ file transfer facilities. Some of the options are only valid in
24 AX.25 mode, the program will quietly ignore them if given in NET/ROM
25 mode or in Rose mode.
26 This version of call incorporates many changes that include a much
28 improved user interface. The port name is mandatory and is the name of
29 the port which the connection will be made on. The port name may be
30 either an AX.25, a NET/ROM port or a Rose port, call will determine
31 which automatically.
32 When using NET/ROM the use of digipeaters is meaningless and is not
34 supported. However when using Rose up to one digipeater may be speci‐
35 fied, as well as the Rose address of the distant node and the callsign
36 of the remote station. The Rose address must be ten digits long and it
37 must exist in the Rose node tables. For Rose connects to work axparms
38 must have been used to set a callsign/uid mapping for the userid in
39 use.
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42 -b l|e Sets the method of backoff to use with AX.25 connections. The
43 default is taken from the port specification, but can be
44 overridden by this option. Valid values are l for linear
45 backoff, and e for exponential backoff.
46 -d Turn on socket level debugging.
48 -h Selects Slave mode.
50 -m s|e Sets the AX.25 mode to use. The default is taken from the
52 port specification, but can be overridden by this option.
53 Valid values are s for normal (modulus 8) AX.25 operation, or
54 e for extended (modulus 128) AX.25 operation.
55 -p paclen Specify a specific maximum amount of data to be sent in each
57 AX.25 packet.
58 -s mycall Connect using the specified source call (you may need to be
60 root).
61 -R Disable all remote commands like autobin (#BIN#), 7plus down‐
63 loads, //echo, etc. This is useful for scripting where you
64 just don't like the remote site to trigger uncaught condi‐
65 tions here.
66 -S Be silent. Useful for using call in shellscripts (together
68 with option -r) in order to be really transparent.
69 -T timeout
71 Set idle timeout seconds after a connection will be closed
72 automaticaly when there's no data being transferred (in- and
73 outbound). If timeout is set to 3600, the connection will
74 close after 1h inactivity. A value of 0.5 is 500ms.
75 -r Selects Raw mode.
77 -t Selects Talk mode.
79 -v Display the version.
81 -w window Specify a specific AX.25 window for this connection. Only
83 valid in AX.25 mode.
84 -W Wait for remote disconnect even if stdin is closed. Normaly,
86 "echo q | call ax0 db0fhn" closes immediately after "echo q"
87 terminates; thus we never see the greeting from db0fhn. With
88 the -W option, call waits until the ax25-connection is dis‐
89 connected (i.e. db0fhn disconnects after "q" command). Very
90 useful for scripting. You might like to combine it with the
91 -T option.
92 The call program interprets lines beginning with a '~' specially. The
94 following '~' escapes are available.
95 ~? List escapes
97 ~~ A ~ symbol
99 ~. Close connection
101 ~! [command] Run a command
103 ~0 Change to Raw mode
105 ~1 Change to Slave mode
107 ~2 Change to Talk mode
109 ~a Start a file transfer (Autobin)
111 ~b Start a file transfer (Binary)
113 ~c Close the logfile
115 ~h List escapes
117 ~o [filename] Open a logfile (default 'logfile.txt')
119 ~r Reconnect to remote station
121 ~s Stop an upload
123 ~u [filename] Upload a file (ASCII upload)
125 ~yu [filename] Upload a file (YAPP upload)
127 ~yd [filename] Download a file (YAPP download)
129 ~z Suspend program
131 The program provides no terminal emulation features. These are left up
133 to the console facilities of the terminal in use. The program is how‐
134 ever '8 bit clean'.
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137 /proc/net/nr_nodes
138 /proc/net/rose_nodes
139 /etc/ax25/axports
140 /etc/ax25/nrports
141 /etc/ax25/rsports
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144 listen(1), mheard(1), ax25(4), netrom(4), rose(4), axports(5),
145 nrports(5), rsports(5), axparms(8), nrparms(8), rsparms(8).
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148 Alexander Tietzel DG6XA <TIETZE_A@etech.fh-hamburg.de>
149 Joerg Reuter DL1BKE <jreuter@poboxes.com>
150 Alan Cox GW4PTS <alan@cymru.net>
151 Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <g4klx@g4klx.demon.co.uk>
152 Steve Henson G6IXS <shenson@nyx.cs.du.edu>
153Linux 27 August 1996 CALL(1)