SLIP(1)

NAME
slip - SLIP script package for (de)activating slip

SYNOPSIS
slip [link]

slipup [-h] [-d]

slipdown [-h] [-f] [-w <time>]

sliplock [-h]

slipunlock [-h]

DESCRIPTION
Slip is a single script with links from slipup , slipdown , sliplock and slipunlock in order to allow a user to easily activate and deactivate slip

SWITCHES
These options may be specified at the command line.

link
    Creates the links slipup , slipdown , sliplock and slipunlock

-h  Verbose Help message.

-d  To initiate a dynamic slip connection (as aposed to a static).

-v  To supply verbose debugging information. Note: a Dynamic slip connection will not properly set it's hostname and its ip address with this flag.

f   Forces slipdown to remove any sliplocks present, and then procedes to deactivate slip normally.

-w <time>
    Wait for <time> before sliping down. See sleep(1)

CONFIGURING
The main script slip can be edited. The parts that should be configured are all at the top of the script.

SEE ALSO
dip(8)

AUTHOR
Christian Holtje <docwhat@uiuc.ed> with some help from Ben Galliart <bgallia@orion.it.luc.edu> for some of the shell stuff.

BUGS
As per usual; I hope there are none, though the documentation could be improved and the code clarified.