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authorbrian <brian@FreeBSD.org>1997-11-09 17:51:27 +0000
committerbrian <brian@FreeBSD.org>1997-11-09 17:51:27 +0000
commit59161ba72e6fdf26776f6ecd1b0c6e2f163fb186 (patch)
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Add the "!include" syntax.
Return 0 from "show" commands.
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8 b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8
index c5f20d9..c3eafe2 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.74 1997/11/09 06:22:46 brian Exp $
+.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.75 1997/11/09 13:18:51 brian Exp $
.Dd 20 September 1995
.Os FreeBSD
.Dt PPP 8
@@ -350,25 +350,32 @@ See the example definitions in
.Pa /etc/ppp/ppp.conf
is pretty simple).
-.Bl -bullet -compact
-
-.It
-Each line contains one command, label or comment.
+Each line contains one comment, inclusion, label or command:
+.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
A line starting with a
-.Sq #
+.Pq Dq #
character is treated as a comment line.
.It
+An inclusion is a line beginning with the word
+.Sq !include .
+It must have one argument - the file to include. You may wish to
+.Dq !include ~/.ppp.conf
+for compatibility with older versions of
+.Nm ppp .
+
+.It
A label name starts in the first column and is followed by
-a colon (:).
+a colon
+.Pq Dq \&: .
.It
A command line must contain a space or tab in the first column.
-
.El
+.Pp
The
.Pa /etc/ppp/ppp.conf
file should consist of at least a
@@ -423,12 +430,20 @@ connection is established. See the provided
.Dq pmdemand
example in
.Pa /etc/ppp/ppp.conf.sample
-which adds a default route. The string HISADDR is available as the IP
-address of the remote peer. Similarly, when a connection is closed, the
+which adds a default route. The strings
+.Dv HISADDR ,
+.Dv MYADDR
+and
+.Dv INTERFACE
+are available as the relevent IP addresses and interface name.
+Similarly, when a connection is closed, the
contents of the
.Pa /etc/ppp/ppp.linkdown
file are executed.
+Both of these files have the same format as
+.Pa /etc/ppp/ppp.conf .
+
.Sh BACKGROUND DIALING
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