slipon(1M)                   Version 1.0(08-30-90)                   slipon(1M)


NAME
      slipon - communicate between tty and stream using SLIP.

SYNOPSIS
      /usr/sbin/slipon ttyname [ baudrate ]

DESCRIPTION
      Slipon is used to communicate between the tty device and the stream
      associated with /dev/slip.  The ttyname parameter is a string of the form
      ``/dev/tty01'' or ``tty00''.  The optional baudrate parameter is used to
      set the speed of the connection.  If not specified, the default of 9600
      is used.  Slipon is normally not run from the command line.  It is
      started by the slipattach(1M) command.

      When started, slipon forks such that two copies are running concurrently.
      The parent process reads the tty device and writes the stream device. The
      child process reads the stream device and writes the tty device.

      Use the slipdetach command to terminate the slipon processes.

      There should not be a getty(1M), uugetty(1M) or ttymon(1M)
      reading/writing the port while slipon is running.

EXAMPLES
             /usr/sbin/slipon tty00
             /usr/sbin/slipon /dev/tty01 19200

FILES
      /dev/slip
      /var/spool/locks/LCK..sl*

SEE ALSO
      slipattach(1M), slipdetach(1M), sliplogin(1M), slipdialout(1)





















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