Success + a Caller ID Question

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Hi,

On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 02:44:05PM -0700, Daniel Swan wrote:
> >I use "cnd-program" for that - not to reject calls based on the Caller ID,
> >but to write it to my local xterms so that I can immediately see who is
> >calling.
>  
> Questions:  
> 
> 1)  How do you write the cnd-program data to a local Xterm?  

I send it to syslog, using the program logger:

/usr/bin/logger -p local1.info "ISDN CALL: tty: $1 from '$2' to '$5'"

sylog is set up to broadcast this to all consoles where I'm logged in 
(man syslog.conf).

> this is exactly what I want.  Where are you reading it from, and how?

Please read up the call syntax of "cnd-program" in the mgetty docs.  The
caller ID and lots of other stuff are passed on the command line.

> 2)  As vgetty stands now, it doesn't enable Caller ID by default.  It 
> is possible to enable AT#CID=1 without recompiling the sources?  

Sure, just set a proper "init-chat" in mgetty.config.

> I recompiled the latest beta, but the pvftools were always core 
> dumping on me, making the program unusable.  

That's unusual. Could you send some more details?

> How do I customize my init string?

Go to mgetty.config and look at the examples, go to
http://alpha.greenie.net/mgetty/ and read the mgetty manual.

gert
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