Starts a TELNET session and does one of the following:
o Displays the TELNET prompt.
o Establishes a connection to a remote host.
o Establishes a connection to a remote host and runs TN3270.
For help with individual TELNET commands, enter:
$ TELNET
TELNET> HELP
DCL-Style Format
TELNET [ host ] qualifier(s)* [ port ] [unit ]
*Choose from the following qualifiers:
[ /BIND_SESSION network_device /PROTOCOL=protocol ]
[ /CREATE_SESSION [ /[ NO ]TIMEOUT=option
/PROTOCOL=option
[ /DELETE_SESSION ]
[ /LOG_FILE=file ]
[ /NOINTERACTIVE ]
[ /PORT=n ]
[ /TERMINAL_TYPE=type ]
[ /UNBIND_SESSION ]
UNIX Style Format
telnet [ host ]
2 Parameters
host
Required with the /CREATE_SESSION qualifier; optional in all
other cases. Default: None.
Remote host to which you want to connect. Specify one of the
following:
o Host name
o IP address
port
Required with the /CREATE_SESSION qualifier; ignored in all other
cases. Default: None.
Specifies the remote port to which you want to connect the
pseudodevice.
unit
Required with the /DELETE_SESSION qualifier; optional with the
/CREATE_SESSION qualifier; ignored in all other cases. Default:
0.
With the /CREATE_SESSION qualifier, specifies the unit number
you want associated with the network terminal. The default of
0 allows the TELNET software to select the next available unit
number.
With the /DELETE_SESSION qualifier, specifies the unit number of
the network terminal you want to delete.
2 Qualifiers
/BIND_SESSION
/BIND_SESSION network_device
Optional. Default: None.
Binds a TELNET terminal device to an existing network device. If
the bind is successful, the DCL symbol $TELNET_DEVICE contains
the TNA device name.
/CREATE_SESSION
Optional. Default: None.
Specifies that TELNET should create a pseudodevice (network
terminal) and connect it to the specified remote port. For
additional information, see the CREATE_SESSION command.
/NOTIMEOUT
/TIMEOUT=option
Where option is:
NOIDLE
IDLE=delta_time_interval
Specifies the delta time interval to wait with no activity
before closing the connection. The general delta time
format is HH:MM:SS:CC.
NORECONNECT
RECONNECT=delta_time_interval
Specifies the delta time interval to wait before retrying
a connect request. The general delta time format is
HH:MM:SS:CC.
/PROTOCOL=option
Optional. Default: NONE.
where option is:
o NONE
Data is sent with no interpretation (raw).
o NVT
Network Virtual Terminal (NVT), TELNET's internal
representation of a standard network terminal. NVT format
is standard 7-bit ASCII code transmitted in 8-bit octets,
the canonical form of data representation used by both the
client and server.
o TELNET
Standard TELNET protocol.
o RLOGIN
Standard RLOGIN protocol.
/DELETE_SESSION
Optional. Default: None.
Specifies that TELNET should delete the specified pseudodevice
(network terminal). For additional information, see the DELETE_
SESSION command.
/LOG_FILE
/LOG_FILE=file
Optional. Default: No logging.
An optional log file that contains all session output. Using this
option does not affect your terminal output. You cannot use this
option for TN3270 sessions.
/NOINTERACTIVE
Optional. Default: TELNET command mode.
Disables the capability of using the escape character to leave
a session and return to the TELNET prompt. This option is useful
when the TELNET command is referenced in a command procedure in a
captive account.
/PORT
/PORT=n
Optional. Default: 23.
Remote port to which you want your TELNET process to connect.
Specify only if you are connecting to a host that does not use
the standard TELNET port.
/TERMINAL_TYPE
/TERMINAL_TYPE=type
Optional. Default: None.
The IBM or DIGITAL terminal to emulate. Enter the full
specification for one of these terminals:
o IBM-3278-2
o IBM-3278-3
o IBM-3278-4
o IBM-3278-5
o VT100
o VT200
o VT300
o VT400
o VT500
/UNBIND_SESSION
/UNBIND_SESSION network_device terminal_device
Optional.
Unbinds a network device (BGx:) from a TELNET terminal device
(TNAx:) that was initially bound by a BIND_SESSION command or
qualifier.
2 Examples
1.$ TELNET
TELNET> ENABLE DEBUG
TELNET> SET TERMINAL /DEVICE=VT300
Terminal type is set to VT300
TELNET> CONNECT DEBTS
This example:
o Starts TELNET.
o Customizes the environment.
o Establishes a connection to host DEBTS and sets up the
terminal type as VT300.
2.$ TELNET MYCOM /TERMINAL_TYPE=IBM-3278-2
Establishes a TELNET connection to remote host MYCOM and runs
TN3270.
3.$ TELNET 130.180.5.5
Establishes a TELNET connection to the host at IP address
130.180.5.5.
4.$ TELNET UCOM 31
Establishes a TELNET connection to remote host ucom at port 31.
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