---
name: "tcpconn"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mserver"
version: "0.23a-2"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tcpconn"
---

# tcpconn(1)

Open TCP Connection

## NAME

tcpconn - Open TCP Connection

## SYNOPSIS

**mserver \[ -p port \] \[ -d pty \] host\[:port\]**

## DESCRIPTION

The tcpconn program included here was a quick hack, so don't expect much from it. It simply opens a TCP connection to the specified host:port and relays all traffic from stdin back and forth. An option allows traffic to go to a pseudo-tty instead of stdin, thus allowing programs that would open eg. /dev/ttyS? to use the TCP connection without having to modify them.

## OPTIONS

- **-p PORT**

  connect to TCP port PORT (default PORT value is 8500)

- **-dPTY**

  open pseudo-tty PTY instead of stdin (if PTY is unspecified, tcpconn automatically allocates one, prints its name to stdout, and goes to background)

- **-eCHAR**

  enable CHAR to quit tcpconn when pressed (default Ctrl-\\)

## EXAMPLES

- $ tcpconn -e dunwich:8500

  connects to port 8500 on machine dunwich.

- $ cu -l \`tcpconn -d kadath:8501\`

  connects to port 8501 on kadath and makes the connection available on a pty slave device. then use cu to chat over the connection.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was stitched together from the README by Christoph Lameter \<clameter@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system. The Author of the program is Carl Declerck \<carl@miskatonic.inbe.net\>.