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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1998-08-03 06:32:57 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1998-08-03 06:32:57 +0000
commit25f789f5096111d1ed77cb38cc4bf837b23647dd (patch)
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Correct use of .Nm and .Ev.
Add rcsid, rmove unused #include. Spelling.
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diff --git a/sbin/startslip/startslip.1 b/sbin/startslip/startslip.1
index 7b39ca7..94a996e 100644
--- a/sbin/startslip/startslip.1
+++ b/sbin/startslip/startslip.1
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)startslip.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: startslip.1,v 1.13 1997/02/22 14:33:20 peter Exp $
.\"
.Dd June 5, 1993
.Dt STARTSLIP 1
@@ -58,14 +58,13 @@
.Op Fl K Ar keepalive
.Op Fl O Ar outfill
.Op Fl S Ar unit
-.Ar device user passwd
+.Ar device user password
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Pp
.Nm Startslip
opens the specified
.Ar device .
Once carrier is asserted (if modem control is enabled)
-.Nm startslip
+.Nm
attempts to login as the specified
.Ar user
with the given
@@ -80,32 +79,32 @@ and goes to wait mode.
If carrier drops (modem control enabled) or a
.Dv SIGHUP
is sent to
-.Nm startslip ,
+.Nm Ns ,
it closes the device, calls
.Ar downscript
and attempts to repeat the dialup and login sequence.
If a
.Dv SIGTERM
is send to
-.Nm startslip ,
+.Nm Ns ,
it closes the device, calls
.Ar downscript
and exits.
When
-.Nm startslip
+.Nm
called twice on the same device, previous copy killed by a
.Dv SIGTERM
before any operation.
.Pp
-Available options:
-.Bl -tag -width Ar
+The following options are available:
+.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl d
.Nm Startslip
prints out debugging information about what it is trying to do.
.It Fl b Ar speed
-Determines the baud rate used for
-.Ar device .
-Default value is 9600.
+Determine the baud rate used for
+.Ar device ,
+default value is 9600.
.It Fl t Ar script_timeout
Set login script timeout in seconds, default value is 90.
.It Fl w Ar retry_pause
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ assumes it is connecting to a Xylogics Annex box and engages in an
appropriate dialog using the
.Ar user
and
-.Ar passwd
+.Ar password
arguments.
The
.Ar annexname
@@ -148,22 +147,27 @@ Disable modem control (waiting for carrier and carrier drop sense) for
.Ar device .
Modem control is enabled by default.
.It Fl U Ar upscript
-Specifies a script to run when a SLIP interface becomes connected. This may
-contain ifconfig, route, and other appropriate commands. The arguments that
+Specify a script to run when a SLIP interface becomes connected. This may
+contain
+.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
+.Xr route 8 ,
+and other appropriate commands. The arguments that
are passed to the script are "slX up".
-Default value is "/sbin/ifconfig".
+Default value is
+.Pa /sbin/ifconfig .
Dial sequence number (see
.Fl s )
passed via
-.Dv LINE
+.Ev LINE
environment variable.
.It Fl D Ar downscript
-Specifies a script to run when a SLIP connection goes away. The arguments that
-are passed to the script are "slX down". Default value is "/sbin/ifconfig".
+Specify a script to run when a SLIP connection goes away. The arguments that
+are passed to the script are "slX down". Default value is
+.Pa /sbin/ifconfig .
Dial sequence number (see
.Fl s )
passed via
-.Dv LINE
+.Ev LINE
environment variable.
.It Fl K Ar keepalive
Set SLIP "keep alive" timeout in seconds. If FRAME_END not received during this
@@ -181,7 +185,7 @@ interfaces with same number made.
Default is dynamic assignment.
.It Fl L
Use uucp-style device locking. You need it unless you start
-.Nm startslip
+.Nm
from external program which already does uucp locking.
Default case is no uucp locking to satisfy such programs.
.El
@@ -189,13 +193,13 @@ Default case is no uucp locking to satisfy such programs.
.Bl -tag -width /var/run/startslip.<device>.pid -compact
.It Pa /var/run/startslip.<device>.pid
pid stored here
+.It Pa /usr/share/examples/startslip/*
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr uustat 1 ,
.Xr slattach 8 ,
-.Xr sliplogin 8 ,
-/usr/share/examples/startslip
+.Xr sliplogin 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
-.Nm startslip
+.Nm
appeared in
.Bx 4.4 .
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