TTYSRV(8)

📦 version 4.0, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy

💖 TTYSRV(8) — like, the serial port bestie 💖

System Manager's Manual ✨ section 8, system administration, we love a sysadmin era

🌸 NAME 🌸

ttysrv — connect to a serial port and log output 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ttysrv [-o option] [-s sock] [-l log] -t tty [-b baud] [-p parity] [-w
wordsize] [-i pidfile]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so ttysrv is the backend for rconsole 💅 no cap, it's the whole backbone of the operation.

Here's the vibe: it connects to the serial port, handles the log file, and then just... waits 💀 patiently, like a bestie holding your spot in line. It's waiting for connections from rconsole so you can peep what's happening on the serial console. Main character energy, honestly. 👑

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • -t tty — tell it which device to connect to. literally the one thing you actually gotta give it, bestie 🫶
  • -s sock — the name of the socket to listen for connections from rconsole on 🧚
  • -o option — specify any ttyios options to open the port with. rn only nolocal is supported, that's it, that's the list 🙈
  • -l log — the logfile to write to. if you don't set it, no log is kept 😭 so like, set it fr fr
  • -b baud — set the baud rate to talk to the port at. defaults to 9600 ✨
  • -p parity — set the parity for the serial port. defaults to none 🌸
  • -w wordsize — set the word size for the serial port. defaults to 8 bits 💖
  • -i pidfile — the file to write the pid of ttysrv to. if you don't specify it, no such file is written, no biggie 🎀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

rconsole(1), remote-tty(1). go read those too, they're the supporting cast 💅

👑 AUTHOR 👑

rtty was written by Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org>. This manual page was written by Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li> for the Debian project (but may be used by others). iconic behavior, we stan 🫶

and that's the whole page bestie!! this one's from May 23, 2006, and it lives in the TTYSRV(8) corner of your man pages 💖✨🦋🎀🌸💅

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