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.Dd 
.Dt STARTSLIP 1
.Os
.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
.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.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sliplogin 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm startslip
command is
.Ud .