STARTSLIP(1)

NAME
startslip - dial up and login to a slip server

SYNOPSIS
startslip [-d] [-s string] [-A annexname] [-F flowcontrol] device user passwd

DESCRIPTION
Startslip opens the specified device.

Once carrier is asserted startslip attempts to login as the specified user with the given password. If successful, it puts the device into the slip line discipline. If carrier drops and a SIGHUP is sent to startslip, it closes the device and attempts to repeat the dialup and login sequence.

Available options:

-d  Startslip prints out debugging information about what it is trying to do.

-s string
    The optional string is written to device. For a dialup modem, the string is used to specify a dial sequence.

-A annexname
    Startslip assumes it is connecting to a Xylogics Annex box and engages in an appropriate dialog using the user and passwd arguments. The annexname argument is a string that is used to match against the Annex prompt to determine when a connection has been established.

-F flowcontrol
    Determines the type of flow control used on device. Choices for flowcontrol are ``none'' for no flow control (the default), ``hw'' for hardware RTS/CTS flow control and ``sw'' for software XON/XOFF flow control.

SEE ALSO
sliplogin(8)

HISTORY
The startslip appeared in 4.4BSD.