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diff --git a/rose/rsports.5 b/rose/rsports.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..44ce54e --- /dev/null +++ b/rose/rsports.5 @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +.TH RSPORTS 5 "27 August 1996" Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +rsports \- Rose port configuration file. +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +.B Rsports +is an ASCII file that contains information about each of the Rose +ports that are to be used. When dealing with a Rose utility such as +.B call, +it takes an optional argument that is the port name. This port name is a +reference to the line within +.B rsports, +which has the same name. The information on each line contains +enough information to bind the command to a particular Rose +interface, this binding is done by matching the address on the line in +.B rsports +with the address of the port set by +.B ifconfig +or +.B rsattach. +.LP +The +.B rsports +file may contain comments that begin with a # in the first column, or a port +description in the following format, each field being delimited by white space: +.sp +.RS +name address description +.RE +.sp +The field descriptions are: +.sp +.RS +.TP 14 +.B name +this is the unique Rose port identifier. +.TP 14 +.B address +the address of the Rose interface to bind to. +.TP 14 +.B description +a free format description of this interface, this field extends to the end +of the line. It may contain spaces. +.RE +.SH FILES +.LP +/etc/ax25/rsports +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR call (1), +.BR rose (4), +.BR ifconfig (8), +.BR rsparms (8). |