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Date:      Tue, 4 Feb 1997 10:19:29 +1100 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To:        Troy Curtiss <troyc@sandy.merix.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Two-way pipe possible without C/perl?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970204101827.25849M-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <troyc-9701032246.AA0002700@sandy>

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On Mon, 3 Feb 1997, Troy Curtiss wrote:

> Hi,
>   I am looking for a very quick and dirty way to have my FreeBSD
> box page me when certain systems go down at work.  The easiest way
> I can think of is to create a 2-way pipe between a chat command and
> the cu command.  Something like:
> 
> chat " '' ATZ OK ATDT1800PAGER# CONNECT 'PIN12345' Sent ATH" <->
>   cu -l /dev/cuaa0 -s 300

stty -f /dev/cuaa0 300
 chat " '' ATZ OK ATDT1800PAGER# CONNECT 'PIN12345' Sent ATH" \
    < /dev/cuaa0 > /dev/cuaa0


cheers,

Danny



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