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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1999-03-11 19:09:54 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1999-03-11 19:09:54 +0000 |
commit | 0d6963c57098b493eecba92752f863a2de60b70a (patch) | |
tree | d9c363c23d95721b3ef357a26ae8f9ffe41139c4 | |
parent | 7fc726a3799f6bbabcce5d5fd71c501c1e47ecaf (diff) |
cleanup
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/ppp/pppctl/pppctl.8 | 53 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ppp/pppctl/pppctl.8 b/usr.sbin/ppp/pppctl/pppctl.8 index 294e92f280c..b0c29a52b0b 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/ppp/pppctl/pppctl.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/ppp/pppctl/pppctl.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: pppctl.8,v 1.2 1998/12/15 01:20:48 aaron Exp $ +.\" $Id: pppctl.8,v 1.3 1999/03/11 19:09:53 aaron Exp $ .Dd 26 June 1997 .Os FreeBSD .Dt PPPCTL 8 @@ -11,26 +11,30 @@ PPP control program .Op Fl v .Op Fl t Ar n .Op Fl p Ar passwd -.Ar [host:]Port | LocalSocket -.Op command[;command]... +.Xo +.Oo Ar host Ns : Oc Ar port No \&| +.Ar LocalSocket +.Xc +.Op Ar command Op ; Ns Ar command ... .Sh DESCRIPTION This program provides command line control of the .Xr ppp 8 daemon. Its primary use is to facilitate simple scripts that control a running daemon. .Pp -.Nm Pppctl +.Nm is passed at least one argument, specifying the socket on which .Nm ppp is listening. Refer to the -.Sq set server +.Ic set server command of .Nm ppp -for details. If the socket contains a leading '/', it -is taken as an +for details. If the socket contains a leading +.Sq / , +it is taken as an .Dv AF_LOCAL socket. If it contains a colon, it is treated as a -.Ar host:port +.Ar host : Ns Ar port pair, otherwise it is treated as a TCP port specification on the local machine (127.0.0.1). Both the .Ar host @@ -40,8 +44,7 @@ may be specified numerically if you wish to avoid a DNS lookup or don't have an entry for the given port in .Pa /etc/services . .Pp -All remaining arguments are concatenated to form the -.Ar command(s) +All remaining arguments are concatenated to form the command(s) that will be sent to the .Nm ppp daemon. If any semi-colon characters are found, they are treated as @@ -49,14 +52,15 @@ daemon. If any semi-colon characters are found, they are treated as delimiters, allowing more than one .Ar command in a given -.Sq session . +.Dq session . For example: .Bd -literal -offset indent pppctl 3000 set timeout 300\\; show timeout .Ed .Pp -Don't forget to escape or quote the ';' as it is a special character -for most shells. +Don't forget to escape or quote the +.Sq \&; +as it is a special character for most shells. .Pp If no .Ar command @@ -68,8 +72,7 @@ When reading commands, the library is used, allowing command-line editing (with .Xr editrc 5 defining editing behaviour). The history size -defaults to -.Em 20 lines . +defaults to 20 lines. .Pp The following command line options are available: .Bl -tag -width Ds @@ -163,24 +166,28 @@ The following environment variables are understood by .Nm when in interactive mode: .Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXX -.It Dv EL_SIZE +.It Ev EL_SIZE The number of history lines. The default is 20. -.It Dv EL_EDITOR -The edit mode. Only values of "emacs" and "vi" are accepted. Other values +.It Ev EL_EDITOR +The edit mode. Only values of +.Dq emacs +and +.Dq vi +are accepted. Other values are silently ignored. This environment variable will override the -.Ar bind -v +.Nm bind -v and -.Ar bind -e +.Nm bind -e commands in .Pa ~/.editrc . .El .Pp .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ps 1 , .Xr editline 3 , .Xr editrc 5 , -.Xr ppp 8 , -.Xr ps 1 , -.Xr services 5 +.Xr services 5 , +.Xr ppp 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm |