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+.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
+.\" @(#)startslip.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 5, 1993
+.Dt STARTSLIP 1
+.Os BSD 4.4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm startslip
+.Nd dial up and login to a slip server
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm startslip
+.Op Fl d
+.Op Fl s Ar string
+.Op Fl A Ar annexname
+.Op Fl F Ar flowcontrol
+.Ar device user passwd
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Startslip
+opens the specified
+.Ar device .
+.Pp
+Once carrier is asserted
+.Nm startslip
+attempts to login as the specified
+.Ar user
+with the given
+.Ar password .
+If successful, it puts the device into the slip line discipline.
+If carrier drops and a
+.Dv SIGHUP
+is sent to
+.Nm startslip ,
+it closes the device and attempts to repeat the dialup and login sequence.
+.Pp
+Available options:
+.Bl -tag -width Ar
+.It Fl d
+.Nm Startslip
+prints out debugging information about what it is trying to do.
+.It Fl s Ar string
+The optional
+.Ar string
+is written to
+.Ar device .
+For a dialup modem,
+the string is used to specify a dial sequence.
+.It Fl A Ar annexname
+.Nm Startslip
+assumes it is connecting to a Xylogics Annex box and engages in an
+appropriate dialog using the
+.Ar user
+and
+.Ar passwd
+arguments.
+The
+.Ar annexname
+argument is a string that is used to match against the Annex prompt
+to determine when a connection has been established.
+.It Fl F Ar flowcontrol
+Determines the type of flow control used on
+.Ar device .
+Choices for
+.Ar flowcontrol
+are
+``none'' for no flow control (the default),
+``hw'' for hardware RTS/CTS flow control and
+``sw'' for software XON/XOFF flow control.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr sliplogin 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm startslip
+appeared in
+.Bx 4.4 .
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