NAME

       axcall - make an AX.25, NET/ROM or Rose connection.

SYNOPSIS

       For AX.25
       axcall  [-b  l|e] [-d] [-h] [-m s|e] [-p paclen] [-s mycall] [-r] [-t] [-T timeout] [-v] [-w window] [-W]
       port callsign [[via] digipeaters.....]

       For NET/ROM
       axcall [-d] [-h] [-p paclen] [-r] [-t] [-T timeout] [-v] port callsign

       For Rose
       axcall [-d] [-h] [-r] [-t] [-T timeout] [-v] port callsign address [[via] digipeater]

DESCRIPTION

       Axcall is the general purpose AX.25, NET/ROM and Rose connection program. As is normal in AX.25  it  runs
       entirely  in  line  mode.  All CR/LF translation is done transparently. The program provides ASCII, YAPP,
       YAPP-C and 7+ file transfer facilities. Some of the options are only valid in  AX.25  mode,  the  program
       will quietly ignore them if given in NET/ROM mode or in Rose mode.

       This  version  of  axcall incorporates many changes that include a much improved user interface. The port
       name is mandatory and is the name of the port which the connection will be made on. The port name may  be
       either an AX.25, a NET/ROM port or a Rose port, axcall will determine which automatically.

       When using NET/ROM the use of digipeaters is meaningless and is not supported. However when using Rose up
       to  one  digipeater may be specified, as well as the Rose address of the distant node and the callsign of
       the remote station. The Rose address must be ten digits long and it must exist in the Rose  node  tables.
       For  Rose  connects  to  work axparms must have been used to set a callsign/uid mapping for the userid in
       use.

OPTIONS

       -8        UTF-8 encoding (default)

       -b l|e    Sets the method of backoff to use with AX.25 connections. The default is taken  from  the  port
                 specification,  but  can  be overridden by this option.  Valid values are l for linear backoff,
                 and e for exponential backoff.

       -d        Turn on socket level debugging.

       -h        Selects Slave mode.

       -i        Use IBM850 encoding

       -m s|e    Sets the AX.25 mode to use. The default is taken  from  the  port  specification,  but  can  be
                 overridden  by this option. Valid values are s for normal (modulus 8) AX.25 operation, or e for
                 extended (modulus 128) AX.25 operation.

       -p paclen Specify a specific maximum amount of data to be sent in each AX.25 packet.

       -r        Selects Raw mode.

       -s mycall Connect using the specified source axcall (you may need to be root).

       -t        Selects Talk mode.

       -v        Display the version.

       -w window Specify a specific AX.25 window for this connection. Only valid in AX.25 mode.

       -S        Be silent. Useful for using axcall in shellscripts (together with option -r)  in  order  to  be
                 really transparent.

       -R        Disable all remote commands like autobin (#BIN#), 7plus downloads, //echo, etc.  This is useful
                 for scripting where you just don't like the remote site to trigger uncaught conditions here.

       -T timeout
                 Set  idle  timeout seconds after a connection will be closed automatically when there's no data
                 being transferred (in- and outbound). If timeout is set to  3600,  the  connection  will  close
                 after 1h inactivity. A value of 0.5 is 500ms.

       -W        Wait  for  remote  disconnect  even  if stdin is closed. Normally, "echo q | axcall ax0 db0fhn"
                 closes immediately after "echo q" terminates; thus we never see the greeting from db0fhn.  With
                 the  -W option, axcall waits until the ax25-connection is disconnected (i.e. db0fhn disconnects
                 after "q" command). Very useful for scripting. You might like to combine it with the -T option.

       The axcall program interprets lines beginning with a  '~'  specially.   The  following  '~'  escapes  are
       available.

       ~?              List escapes

       ~~              A ~ symbol

       ~.              Close connection

       ~! [command]    Run a command

       ~0              Change to Raw mode

       ~1              Change to Slave mode

       ~2              Change to Talk mode

       ~8              UTF-8 encoding

       ~a              Start a file transfer (Autobin)

       ~b              Start a file transfer (Binary)

       ~c              Close the logfile

       ~h              List escapes

       ~i              IBM850 encoding

       ~o [filename]   Open a logfile (default 'logfile.txt')

       ~r              Reconnect to remote station

       ~s              Stop an upload

       ~u [filename]   Upload a file (ASCII upload)

       ~yu [filename]  Upload a file (YAPP upload)

       ~yd [filename]  Download a file (YAPP download)

       ~z              Suspend program

       The  program  provides no terminal emulation features. These are left up to the console facilities of the
       terminal in use. The program is however '8 bit clean'.

FILES

       /proc/net/nr_nodes
       /proc/net/rose_nodes
       /etc/ax25/axports
       /etc/ax25/nrports
       /etc/ax25/rsports

SEE ALSO

       axlisten(1), mheard(1), ax25(4), netrom(4),  rose(4),  axports(5),  nrports(5),  rsports(5),  axparms(8),
       nrparms(8), rsparms(8).

AUTHORS

       Alexander Tietzel DG6XA <TIETZE_A@etech.fh-hamburg.de>
       Joerg Reuter DL1BKE <jreuter@poboxes.com>
       Alan Cox GW4PTS <alan@cymru.net>
       Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <g4klx@g4klx.demon.co.uk>
       Steve Henson G6IXS <shenson@nyx.cs.du.edu>

Linux                                            27 August 1996                                        AXCALL(1)