update from Rick Macklem, with further semantic refinements by me
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8.Dd
9.Dt STARTSLIP 1
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11.Sh NAME
12.Nm startslip
13.Nd dial up and login to a slip server
14.Sh SYNOPSIS
15.Nm startslip
16.Op Fl d
17.Op Fl s Ar string
18.Ar device user passwd
19.Sh DESCRIPTION
20.Nm Startslip
21opens the specified
22.Ar device .
23.Pp
3065e5f0 24Once carrier is asserted
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25.Nm startslip
26attempts to login as the specified
27.Ar user
28with the given
29.Ar password .
30If successful, it puts the device into the slip line discipline.
31If carrier drops and a
32.Dv SIGHUP
33is sent to
34.Nm startslip ,
3065e5f0 35it closes the device and attempts to repeat the dialup and login sequence.
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36.Pp
37Available options:
38.Bl -tag -width Ar
39.It Fl d
40.Nm Startslip
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42.It Fl s Ar string
43The optional
44.Ar string
45is written to
46.Ar device .
47For a dialup modem,
48the string is used to specify a dial sequence.
49.El
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50.Sh SEE ALSO
51.Xr sliplogin 8
52.Sh HISTORY
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53The
54.Nm startslip
55command is
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