NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLES | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO
The cports utility expands the hostname arguments into a list of <host, server, port> triples. The returned information is used to access the serial port consoles of the named hosts by way of the terminal server returned in the triples.
If an entry for serialports has been made in the /etc/nisswitch.conf file, then the order of lookups is controlled by that entry. If there is no such file or no such entry, then the nameservice look up order is implicitly nis files.
pepsi soda-tc 5002
this command:
% cports pepsi |
prints the string:
pepsi soda-tc 5002 |
This information can be used by the telnet(1) command to remotely access pepsi's console:
% telnet soda-tc 5002 |
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE |
ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
---|---|
Availability |
SUNWccon |
Interface Stability |
Unstable |
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLES | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO