---
name: "vboxputty"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "isdnvboxserver"
version: "1:3.25+dfsg1-10"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vboxputty"
---

# vboxputty(8)

a self-dialing/-calling vboxgetty

## NAME

vboxputty - a self-dialing/-calling vboxgetty

## SYNOPSIS

**vboxputty** **-d** *device* \[**-f** *config-file*\] \[**-c** *phonenumber*\] \[**-s** *ring-timeout*\] \[**-w** *wait*\] \[**-t** *redial*\] \[**-r** *redial-pause*\]

**vboxputty** \[-**hv**\]

## DESCRIPTION

*vboxputty* is a vboxgetty, not waiting for, but triggering a call. After connect, vboxputty is acting exactly like vboxgetty. *vboxputty* exits with 0 if a connection was established, 99 on BUSY.

## OPTIONS

- \-h

  display a short help

- \-v

  display the version information

- \-f config-file

  use *config-file* instead of the default vboxgetty.conf

- \-d device

  use *device* (/dev/ttyI\*) for dialout

- \-c phonenumber

  the phonenumber to be called

- \-s ring-timeout

  vboxputty will dial the  *phonenumber* and wait *ring-timeout* seconds for the called party to accept the call, if *ring-timeout* seconds are ellapsed before connect, vboxputty will hangup.

- \-w wait

  after the connection is established, vboxputty will wait *wait* seconds before starting the tcl-script

- \-t redial

  if the called party is BUSY, vboxputty will try *redial* times to get a connect

- \-r redial-pause

  vboxputty waits *redial-pause* seconds between BUSY-redials

## FILES

*/usr/local/vbox/etc/vboxgetty.conf*

## AUTHOR

Gerrit Pape \<pape@innominate.de\>

## SEE ALSO

**the vbox-documentation**