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authorCody Peter Mello <cody.mello@joyent.com>2016-04-09 23:16:53 +0000
committerRobert Mustacchi <rm@joyent.com>2016-06-20 21:45:30 -0700
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7041 Fix spelling mistakes in sections 1 and 1M
Reviewed by: Marcel Telka <marcel@telka.sk> Approved by: Dan McDonald <danmcd@omniti.com>
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.\" The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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-.TH CHAT 1M "May 4, 2001"
+.TH CHAT 1M "April 9, 2016"
.SH NAME
chat \- automated conversational exchange tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -14,14 +14,12 @@ chat \- automated conversational exchange tool
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.sp
.LP
The \fBchat\fR program implements a conversational text-based exchange between
the computer and any serial device, including (but not limited to) a modem, an
ISDN TA, and the remote peer itself, establishing a connection between the
Point-To-Point Protocol daemon (\fBpppd\fR) and the remote \fBpppd\fR process.
.SH OPTIONS
-.sp
.LP
The \fBchat\fR command supports the following options:
.sp
@@ -161,7 +159,6 @@ is included as parameters to the \fBchat\fR program.
.SH EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
.SS "Chat Script"
-.sp
.LP
The \fBchat\fR script defines communications. A script consists of one or more
"expect-send" pairs of strings separated by spaces, with an optional
@@ -233,7 +230,6 @@ return sequence is sent and then the script looks for login: again. If line
noise obscures the first login prompt, send the empty line to generate a login
prompt again.
.SS "Comments"
-.sp
.LP
Comments can be embedded in the \fBchat\fR script. Comment lines are ignored by
the chat program. A comment starts with the hash ("#") character in column one.
@@ -249,7 +245,6 @@ with a \fB#\fR character, write something like this:
.in -2
.SS "Sending Data From A File"
-.sp
.LP
If the string to send begins with an at sign ("@"), the remainder of the string
is interpreted as the name of the file that contains the string. If the last
@@ -258,7 +253,6 @@ pipe (or fifo) instead of a regular file. This enables \fBchat\fR to
communicate with another program, for example, a program to prompt the user and
receive a password typed in.
.SS "Abort "
-.sp
.LP
Many modems report the status of a call as a string. These status strings are
often "CONNECTED" or "NO CARRIER" or "BUSY." If the modem fails to connect to
@@ -281,13 +275,11 @@ sends the string BUSY, causing the string to match the abort character
sequence. The script fails because it found a match to the abort string. If the
NO CARRIER string is received, it aborts for the same reason.
.SS "Clr_Abort "
-.sp
.LP
The CLR_ABORT sequence clears previously set ABORT strings. ABORT strings are
kept in an array of a pre-determined size; CLR_ABORT reclaims the space for
cleared entries, enabling new strings to use that space.
.SS "Say "
-.sp
.LP
The SAY string enables the script to send strings to a user at a terminal via
standard error. If \fBchat\fR is being run by \fBpppd\fR and \fBpppd\fR is
@@ -334,7 +326,6 @@ Logged in OK ...
.in -2
.SS "Report"
-.sp
.LP
REPORT is similar to the ABORT string. With REPORT, however, strings and all
characters to the next control character (such as a carriage return), are
@@ -368,13 +359,11 @@ remainder of the script is executed. In addition, the program writes the string
CONNECT to the report file (specified by \fB-r\fR) in addition to any
characters that follow.
.SS "Clr_Report"
-.sp
.LP
CLR_REPORT clears previously set REPORT strings. REPORT strings are kept in an
array of a pre-determined size; CLR_REPORT reclaims the space for cleared
entries so that new strings can use that space.
.SS "Echo"
-.sp
.LP
ECHO determines if modem output is echoed to \fBstderr\fR. This option may be
set with the \fB-e\fR option, but can also be controlled by the ECHO keyword.
@@ -400,7 +389,6 @@ ogin: account
All output resulting from modem configuration and dialing is not visible, but
output is echoed beginning with the CONNECT (or BUSY) message.
.SS "Hangup"
-.sp
.LP
The HANGUP option determines if a modem hangup is considered as an error.
HANGUP is useful for dialing systems that hang up and call your system back.
@@ -431,10 +419,9 @@ ABORT 'BUSY'
.in -2
.SS "Timeout"
-.sp
.LP
The initial timeout value is 45 seconds. Use the \fB-t\fR parameter to change
-the intial timeout value.
+the initial timeout value.
.sp
.LP
To change the timeout value for the next expect string, the following example
@@ -461,7 +448,6 @@ prompt.
.LP
Once changed, the timeout value remains in effect until it is changed again.
.SS " EOT"
-.sp
.LP
The EOT special reply string instructs the \fBchat\fR program to send an EOT
character to the remote. This is equivalent to using ^D\ec as the reply string.
@@ -469,7 +455,6 @@ The EOT string normally indicates the end-of-file character sequence. A return
character is not sent following the EOT. The EOT sequence can embedded into the
send string using the sequence ^D.
.SS " BREAK"
-.sp
.LP
The BREAK special reply string sends a break condition. The break is a special
transmitter signal. Many UNIX systems handle break by cycling through available
@@ -477,7 +462,6 @@ bit rates, and sending break is often needed when the remote system does not
support autobaud. BREAK is equivalent to using \eK\ec as the reply string.
You embed the break sequence into the send string using the \eK sequence.
.SS "Escape Sequences"
-.sp
.LP
Expect and reply strings can contain escape sequences. Reply strings accept all
escape sequences, while expect strings accept most sequences. A list of escape
@@ -653,7 +637,6 @@ in expect.)
.RE
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-.sp
.LP
Environment variables are available within \fBchat\fR scripts if the \fB-E\fR
option is specified on the command line. The metacharacter \fB$\fR introduces
@@ -661,7 +644,6 @@ the name of the environment variable to substitute. If the substition fails
because the requested environment variable is not set, nothing is replaced for
the variable.
.SH EXIT STATUS
-.sp
.LP
The \fBchat\fR program terminates with the following completion codes:
.sp
@@ -759,7 +741,6 @@ possible to decide if the string "BUSY" was received from the modem versus "NO
DIALTONE." While the first event may be retried, the second probably will not
succeed during a retry.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
-.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
@@ -775,7 +756,6 @@ Interface Stability Evolving
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO
-.sp
.LP
\fBsleep\fR(1), \fBuucp\fR(1C), \fBpppd\fR(1M), \fBuucico\fR(1M),
\fBsyslog\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5)