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568b7db4 | 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. |
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2 | .\" All rights reserved. |
3 | .\" | |
89192620 | 4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% |
3065e5f0 | 5 | .\" |
89192620 | 6 | .\" @(#)startslip.1 5.3 (Berkeley) %G% |
3065e5f0 | 7 | .\" |
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8 | .Dd |
9 | .Dt STARTSLIP 1 | |
89192620 | 10 | .Os |
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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 | |
21 | opens the specified | |
22 | .Ar device . | |
23 | .Pp | |
3065e5f0 | 24 | Once carrier is asserted |
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25 | .Nm startslip |
26 | attempts to login as the specified | |
27 | .Ar user | |
28 | with the given | |
29 | .Ar password . | |
30 | If successful, it puts the device into the slip line discipline. | |
31 | If carrier drops and a | |
32 | .Dv SIGHUP | |
33 | is sent to | |
34 | .Nm startslip , | |
3065e5f0 | 35 | it closes the device and attempts to repeat the dialup and login sequence. |
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36 | .Pp |
37 | Available options: | |
38 | .Bl -tag -width Ar | |
39 | .It Fl d | |
40 | .Nm Startslip | |
3065e5f0 | 41 | prints out debugging information about what it is trying to do. |
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42 | .It Fl s Ar string |
43 | The optional | |
44 | .Ar string | |
45 | is written to | |
46 | .Ar device . | |
47 | For a dialup modem, | |
48 | the 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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53 | The |
54 | .Nm startslip | |
55 | command is | |
568b7db4 | 56 | .Ud . |