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  34 .Dd June 5, 1993
  35 .Dt STARTSLIP 1
  36 .Os BSD 4.4
  37 .Sh NAME
  38 .Nm startslip
  39 .Nd dial up and login to a slip server
  40 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  41 .Nm startslip
  42 .Op Fl d
  43 .Op Fl s Ar string
  44 .Op Fl A Ar annexname
  45 .Op Fl F Ar flowcontrol
  46 .Ar device user passwd
  47 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  48 .Nm Startslip
  49 opens the specified
  50 .Ar device .
  51 .Pp
  52 Once carrier is asserted
  53 .Nm startslip
  54 attempts to login as the specified
  55 .Ar user
  56 with the given
  57 .Ar password .
  58 If successful, it puts the device into the slip line discipline.
  59 If carrier drops and a
  60 .Dv SIGHUP
  61 is sent to
  62 .Nm startslip ,
  63 it closes the device and attempts to repeat the dialup and login sequence.
  64 .Pp
  65 Available options:
  66 .Bl -tag -width Ar
  67 .It Fl d
  68 .Nm Startslip
  69 prints out debugging information about what it is trying to do.
  70 .It Fl s Ar string
  71 The optional
  72 .Ar string
  73 is written to
  74 .Ar device .
  75 For a dialup modem,
  76 the string is used to specify a dial sequence.
  77 .It Fl A Ar annexname
  78 .Nm Startslip
  79 assumes it is connecting to a Xylogics Annex box and engages in an
  80 appropriate dialog using the
  81 .Ar user
  82 and
  83 .Ar passwd
  84 arguments.
  85 The
  86 .Ar annexname
  87 argument is a string that is used to match against the Annex prompt
  88 to determine when a connection has been established.
  89 .It Fl F Ar flowcontrol
  90 Determines the type of flow control used on
  91 .Ar device .
  92 Choices for
  93 .Ar flowcontrol
  94 are
  95 ``none'' for no flow control (the default),
  96 ``hw'' for hardware RTS/CTS flow control and
  97 ``sw'' for software XON/XOFF flow control.
  98 .El
  99 .Sh SEE ALSO
 100 .Xr sliplogin 8
 101 .Sh HISTORY
 102 The
 103 .Nm startslip
 104 appeared in
 105 .Bx 4.4 .