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8.Dd
9.Dt STARTSLIP 1
10.Os BSD 4.4
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.Op Fl A Ar annexname
19.Op Fl F Ar flowcontrol
20.Ar device user passwd
21.Sh DESCRIPTION
22.Nm Startslip
23opens the specified
24.Ar device .
25.Pp
26Once carrier is asserted
27.Nm startslip
28attempts to login as the specified
29.Ar user
30with the given
31.Ar password .
32If successful, it puts the device into the slip line discipline.
33If carrier drops and a
34.Dv SIGHUP
35is sent to
36.Nm startslip ,
37it closes the device and attempts to repeat the dialup and login sequence.
38.Pp
39Available options:
40.Bl -tag -width Ar
41.It Fl d
42.Nm Startslip
43prints out debugging information about what it is trying to do.
44.It Fl s Ar string
45The optional
46.Ar string
47is written to
48.Ar device .
49For a dialup modem,
50the string is used to specify a dial sequence.
51.It Fl A Ar annexname
52.Nm Startslip
53assumes it is connecting to a Xylogics Annex box and engages in an
54appropriate dialog using the
55.Ar user
56and
57.Ar passwd
58arguments.
59The
60.Ar annexname
61argument is a string that is used to match against the Annex prompt
62to determine when a connection has been established.
63.It Fl F Ar flowcontrol
64Determines the type of flow control used on
65.Ar device .
66Choices for
67.Ar flowcontrol
68are
69``none'' for no flow control (the default),
70``hw'' for hardware RTS/CTS flow control and
71``sw'' for software XON/XOFF flow control.
72.El
73.Sh SEE ALSO
74.Xr sliplogin 8
75.Sh HISTORY
76The
77.Nm startslip
78appeared in
79.Bx 4.4 .
80