test_telnetd syntax

Purpose

The telnetd program is a daemon that provides the server-side implementation of the TELNET protocol. It enables you to communicate with a Symbian platform device from your remote PC using a Telnet client.

Syntax

> test_telnetd [-DP]

The following table provides a brief description of the options:

OptionDescription

-D

Starts the Telnet service in the background and returns control to the prompt.

-P

Specifies the port number on which the Telnet service must listen.

Telnet commands

The telnetd daemon supports the following Zsh commands:

OptionDescription

test_install

Used to install a SIS package on the Symbian platform device. The following example installs the Calendar SIS package on the Symbian platform device:

> install calendar.sis

test_uninstall

Used to uninstall an SIS package. For example, the following command uninstalls the Calendar SIS package:

> uninstall calendar.sis

test_kill

Used to terminate a process by specifying its ID (PID). For example, the following command terminates the active process with PID 5678:

> kill 5678

You can get the PID for a process using the ps command. For more information on the ps command, refer to Symbian OS Library >> Symbian OS Tools And Utilities >> Text Shell (Zsh) and Telnet Daemon >> Reference >> Zsh Command Syntax >> ps.

test_restart

Used to restart the device without reflashing the ROM image. Also, referred to as soft or warm restart.

Besides these commands, telnetd supports all the Z Shell commands. For information about all the Z Shell commands, refer to Symbian OS Library >> Symbian OS Tools And Utilities >> Text Shell (Zsh) and Telnet Daemon >> Reference >> Zsh Command Syntax.