cu: ACU?

[Wayne Sierke]

On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 14:26 -0700, Warren Block wrote:
> What is an ACU?  The man pages for cu and tip use "acu" don't define the 
> term.  Neither does the source, that I can find.  /etc/remote has an 
> entry for "Auto call unit type"; is that it?

Something that has often piqued my interest when I've used cu.

Automatic Call Unit (probably a pstn/dialup modem these days)

See:
4.6.1.  Setting up a UUCP connection
http://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/smm/01.setup/paper-4.html


Wayne