NAME

       vstpg, vstpp - VisioBraille file transferring

SYNOPSIS

       vstpg [-ifbnd] [-s socketport] [-k keyname] [-o configname] file ...

DESCRIPTION

       vstpg (resp. vstpp) gets (resp. puts) files from (resp. onto) a VisioBraille terminal.

       For communicating with the terminal, you must launch brltty with the BrlNet driver, and telling BrlNet to
       use the VisioBraille driver.

       Before putting on the terminal, file names are truncated to 8 characters without any extension.

       Before getting from terminal, leading path and trailing extensions are removed, but put  back  for  local
       filename.

COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS

       -i     ask for confirmation of transfer, for each file (on the terminal)

       -f     don't ask for such a confirmation (default)

       -b     if they exists, recursively rename the old files with an added .x suffix, just like logrotate does

       -n     do not keep such backup file (default)

       -s socketport
              use socketport as the port number instead of default for connecting to BrlNet

       -k filename
              use filename as key path instead of default for reading BrlNet's authentication key

       -d     use current directory rather than the download directory (see vbs_dir below)

       -o filename
              also read filename as config file

CONFIG FILE

       vstpg  and  vstpp  read a configuration file $HOME/.vstprc which contains keywords or equalities, one per
       line (what follows a # is ignored).

       You can ask them to also read any other file thanks to the -o option.

       Here are keywords:

       backup make -b option the default

       nobackup
              make -f option the default

       and equalities:

       keyname = filename
              use this file instead of default, to find BrlNet's authentication key

       socketport = port
              use this port number, instead of default, to connect to BrlNet

       vbs_ext = .ext
              use .ext as an extension for downloaded files (.vis by default) this is overridden on command line
              if an extension is provided in the file name

       vbs_dir = path
              use  path  instead  of current directory for putting files, except when using the -d option, or if
              the filename begins with '.'

RETURNED VALUE

       1    syntax error on command line
       2    connection with BrlNet error
       3    Unix file error
       4    Protocol error
       16   interrupted by user

SHELL EXPANSIONS

       Beware of special chars: * and . are often expanded by your shell, hence vstpp * will  probably  do  what
       you  want, putting every file existing in the current directory onto the terminal, but vstpg * may not do
       what you want: it will only get every file which already exist in the current directory,  skipping  those
       you  just  created  on  your  terminal  !  If you want to get every file which exist in the terminal, you
       should use vstpg '*' or something similar (please read your shell manual).

       The same warning applies to other special chars, such as  $,  ~,  &,...  which  should  be  protected  by
       surrounding arguments by quotes (') or by using single backslashes (\) just before them (please read your
       shell manual).

BUGS

       The one we could find has been corrected :)

AUTHOR

       Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> and Sebastien Hinderer <sebastien.hinderer@ens-lyon.fr>