From 7ab8e1e5d2470b8c914ae8f526f4185db5d88222 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Osterried Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:48:11 +0000 Subject: kissattach now supports Unix98 pseudo terminals (/dev/ptmx). Thanks to Christoph Rueckert . --- kiss/kissattach.8 | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'kiss/kissattach.8') diff --git a/kiss/kissattach.8 b/kiss/kissattach.8 index 9b81e40..e4fbf5b 100644 --- a/kiss/kissattach.8 +++ b/kiss/kissattach.8 @@ -20,13 +20,19 @@ command line. .LP The tty argument will typically be that of a serial port with a KISS or 6PACK TNC attached, although it could be a pseudo tty or a KISS port emulator such as -an SCC card. The port arguments is the name of a port as given in the +an SCC card. Kissattach supports BSD-style pseudo-terminals as well as +the Unix98 pty's. If the tty argument is "/dev/ptmx", then Unix98 behaviour +will automaticaly take effekt. With Unix98 pty's, the slave tty name +could not be forseen. That's why kissattach will print the corresponding slave +pty name as a separate line on stdout. +.LP +The port argument is the name of a port as given in the axports(5) file. .LP -The inetaddr argument is the IP address of the new interface. Some time it -was mandatory argument (although due to historical reasons this restriction is -lifted if the old -i option is used). But there's really not a need for -the interface to have an IP address assigned to. +The optional inetaddr argument is the IP address of the new interface. Some +time it was mandatory argument (although due to historical reasons this +restriction is lifted if the old -i option is used). But there's really not +a need for the interface to have an IP address assigned to. .SH OPTIONS .TP 16 .BI "\-6" -- cgit v1.2.3