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authorThomas Osterried <thomas@osterried.de>2009-01-09 17:49:33 +0000
committerThomas Osterried <thomas@osterried.de>2009-01-09 17:49:33 +0000
commit31fe82cdc9b84d7d3ddff5c23e4d56aa1cceb78a (patch)
tree8efca6b013f38e63dd75a13405c268c79255639c /kiss/kissnetd.8
parent5bc46e0558383130785c1c48e703a76aa8fa17b7 (diff)
kissnetd now supports unix98 pty's (new option: -p num).
The num devices are written to stdout and could easily used in startp scripts. Introduced PATH_MAX for the pty name. Kiss header for crc smack and rmnc are now supported. write return code is now honoured. Thanks to dk2crn for contriution.
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.SH NAME
kissnetd \- Create a virtual network.
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B kissnetd [-f size] [-v] tty...
+.B kissnetd [-f size] [-v] [-p <num> | tty... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.B Kissnetd
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ received on tty is copied to the other ttys. This allows a number of AX.25
systems to share the same packets.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 10
+.BI "\-p num"
+Automaticaly allocate num Unix98 slave pty's via /dev/ptmx.
+These are written to stdout and could be parsed by your startup scripts.
+.TP 10
.BI "\-f size"
This sets the maximum KISS frame size that the program will handle. The
default is 512 bytes which will be adequate under most circumstances.