callpass(1)

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💅 callpass(1) — the manual page bestie

okay so this is callpass, a lil General Commands Manual situation, and honestly? it's iconic behavior. it does one thing and it does it flawlessly. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

callpass — generate the Pass-code associated with your callsign, for authentication via xastir to the APRS(tm) network. 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

callpass <callsign>

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one argument, no drama, no flags, no nothing. 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what's it doing, bestie? it generates a passcode for you. that passcode is what you use in xastir authentication to the APRS network, so your traffic actually gets delivered to cooperating systems. 🫶

like, without the code you're just yelling into the void. with the code? slay. your packets go places. 📡

🧚 EXAMPLES 🧚

the classic. the moment. the demonstration:

callpass nocall

which outputs:

Passcode for nocall is 12960

look at that. 12960. gorgeous. 💀✨

🍓 NOTES 🍓

okay real talk, this is the part where I have to be the responsible friend:

there is no error or consistency check for callsign. this utility will generate a passcode for any string.

read that again fr fr. it does not care. it does not check. it does not verify that your callsign is a real callsign, or a valid one, or anything at all. type in nocall, type in pizza, type in your group chat name — it will happily hand you a passcode. that's lowkey on you, not on it. 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

  • the xastir help file 💜

also, super important lore drop: APRS[tm] is a Trademark of Bob Bruninga, and his home page is at "http://www.aprs.org/aprs.html" 🌈

🌟 COPYING 🌟

  • Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Frank Giannandrea KC2GJS
  • Copyright (C) 2000-2026 The Xastir Group

and that's the page, babe. the Xastir Group dropped this one on 2019-05-01, and it's still out here doing exactly what it says on the tin. go get your passcode, main character. 💅🎀🔥

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