How does dial(3C) work?

[Greg Hackney]

In article <977 at umbc3.UMD.EDU> ken at umbc3.UMD.EDU (Ken Spagnolo ) writes:
>I am running V/386 and can't seem to get dial to work.  It can't seem
>to get the device it needs.
>I have also played with /usr/lib/uucp/Devices a bit
>Has anyone gotten dial to work?  I know that cu uses it and works fine.
>Ken Spagnolo
>ken at umbc3.umd.edu or uunet!umbc3!ken

The uPort manual for dial(3C) says, "WARNINGS The dial (3C) library function
is not compatible with Basic Networking Utilities."  The uPort 5.3
release comes with BNU. Page 21 of the release notes says, "The
dial(3C) and undial(3C) routines do not work with UNIX System V
Release 3.0 uucp(1)."

Maybe that's why it doesn't work.

-- 
Greg