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.TH RSATTACH 8 "27 August 1996" Linux "Linux System Managers Manual"
.SH NAME
rsattach \- Start a Rose interface
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rsattach [-i inetaddr] [-v] port
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.B Rsattach
takes many of the parameters for the port from the rsports(5) file. The port
argument is the name of a port as given in the rsports(5) file.
.LP
.B Rsattach
tries to find the free Rose device in the system. The device name checked is
rose0. If no free Rose device is available an error is generated and the
program terminates.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 16
.BI "\-i inetaddr"
Set the internet address of the interface. This address may either be a
dotted decimal address or a host name.
.TP 16
.BI \-v
Display the version.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR rose (4),
.BR rsparms (4),
.BR rsports (5),
.BR ifconfig (8).
.SH BUGS
The program can be run many times with the same arguments creating many
instances of the same attributes on different devices. Not a good idea.
.SH AUTHOR
Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <g4klx@g4klx.demon.co.uk>