---
name: "dtcall"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "framerd"
version: "2.4.1-1.1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dtcall"
---

# dtcall(1)

invokes a procedure on a remote DType server

## NAME

dtcall - invokes a procedure on a remote DType server

## SYNOPSIS

**dtcall** *port* *hostname* *method* **\[** *arguments* **...\]**

*port* is either a decimal number, a registered service name, or a "touch-tone encoded" service name converted into an integer port number based on the "touch tone" encoding.

## DESCRIPTION

**dtcall** connects to the remote DType server running on *hostname* and listening for requests on *port* and requests the invocation of *method* on *arguments.* It prints the resulting values to the standard output.

As with [**fdscript**(1)](/fdscript/1.md), an argument of a single dollar sign ($) passes the whole contents of the standard input to the remote procedure as a string and an argument of a single dash (-) parses lisp objects from the standard input and passes them (as a FramerD choice) to the remote procedure.

## OPTIONS

No options

## DIAGNOSTICS

The program reports an error if the remote server fails to respond or if the server id cannot be resolved.

## BUGS

No known bugs

## Revision Info

**$Id: dtcall.1,v 1.2 2002/04/02 22:21:06 haase Exp $**

## AUTHOR

Ken Haase \< kh@beingmeta.com \>

## SEE ALSO

[**fdserver**(1)](/fdserver/1.md) **DTypes**(1)