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diff --git a/sys-utils/ldattach.8 b/sys-utils/ldattach.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b4683d --- /dev/null +++ b/sys-utils/ldattach.8 @@ -0,0 +1,155 @@ +.\" Copyright 2008 Tilman Schmidt (tilman@imap.cc) +.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later +.TH LDATTACH 8 "July 2014" "util-linux" "System Administration" +.SH NAME +ldattach \- attach a line discipline to a serial line +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B ldattach +.RB [ \-1278denoVh ] +.RB [ \-i +.IR iflag ] +.RB [ \-s +.IR speed ] +.I ldisc device +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B ldattach +daemon opens the specified +.I device +file +(which should refer to a serial device) +and attaches the line discipline +.I ldisc +to it for processing of the sent and/or received data. +It then goes into the background keeping the device open so that the +line discipline stays loaded. +.sp +The line discipline +.I ldisc +may be specified either by name +or by number. +.sp +In order to detach the line discipline, +.BR kill (1) +the +.B ldattach +process. +.sp +With no arguments, +.B ldattach +prints usage information. +.SH LINE DISCIPLINES +Depending on the kernel release, the following line disciplines are supported: +.TP +.BR TTY ( 0 ) +The default line discipline, +providing transparent operation (raw mode) +as well as the habitual terminal line editing capabilities (cooked mode). +.TP +.BR SLIP ( 1 ) +Serial Line IP (SLIP) protocol processor +for transmitting TCP/IP packets over serial lines. +.TP +.BR MOUSE ( 2 ) +Device driver for RS232 connected pointing devices (serial mice). +.TP +.BR PPP ( 3 ) +Point to Point Protocol (PPP) processor +for transmitting network packets over serial lines. +.TP +.BR STRIP ( 4 ) +.TP +.BR AX25 ( 5 ) +.TP +.BR X25 ( 6 ) +Line driver for transmitting X.25 packets over asynchronous serial lines. +.TP +.BR 6PACK ( 7 ) +.TP +.BR R3964 ( 9 ) +Driver for Simatic R3964 module. +.TP +.BR IRDA ( 11 ) +Linux IrDa (infrared data transmission) driver - +see http://irda.sourceforge.net/ +.TP +.BR HDLC ( 13 ) +Synchronous HDLC driver. +.TP +.BR SYNC_PPP ( 14 ) +Synchronous PPP driver. +.TP +.BR HCI ( 15 ) +Bluetooth HCI UART driver. +.TP +.BR GIGASET_M101 ( 16 ) +Driver for Siemens Gigaset M101 serial DECT adapter. +.TP +.BR PPS ( 18 ) +Driver for serial line Pulse Per Second (PPS) source. +.TP +.BR GSM0710 ( 21 ) +Driver for GSM 07.10 multiplexing protocol modem (CMUX). +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.BR \-1 , " \-\-onestopbit" +Set the number of stop bits of the serial line to one. +.TP +.BR \-2 , " \-\-twostopbits" +Set the number of stop bits of the serial line to two. +.TP +.BR \-7 , " \-\-sevenbits" +Set the character size of the serial line to 7 bits. +.TP +.BR \-8 , " \-\-eightbits" +Set the character size of the serial line to 8 bits. +.TP +.BR \-d , " \-\-debug" +Keep +.B ldattach +in the foreground so that it can be interrupted or debugged, +and to print verbose messages about its progress to standard error output. +.TP +.BR \-e , " \-\-evenparity" +Set the parity of the serial line to even. +.TP +.BR -i , " --iflag " [ \- ] \fIvalue\fR... +Set the specified bits in the c_iflag word of the serial line. +The given \fIvalue\fP may be a number or a symbolic name. +If \fIvalue\fP is prefixed by a minus sign, the specified bits are cleared +instead. Several comma-separated values may be given in order to +set and clear multiple bits. +.TP +.BR \-n , " \-\-noparity" +Set the parity of the serial line to none. +.TP +.BR \-o , " \-\-oddparity" +Set the parity of the serial line to odd. +.TP +.BR \-s , " \-\-speed " \fIvalue +Set the speed (the baud rate) of the serial line to the specified \fIvalue\fR. +.TP +.BR \-c , " \-\-intro\-command " \fIstring +Define an intro command that is sent through the serial line before the invocation +of ldattach. E.g. in conjunction with line discipline GSM0710, the command +\'AT+CMUX=0\\r\' is commonly suitable to switch the modem into the CMUX mode. +.TP +.BR \-p , " \-\-pause " \fIvalue +Sleep for \fIvalue\fR seconds before the invocation of ldattach. Default is one second. +.TP +.BR \-V , " \-\-version" +Display version information and exit. +.TP +.BR \-h , " \-\-help" +Display help text and exit. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR inputattach (1), +.BR ttys (4) +.SH AUTHOR +.nf +Tilman Schmidt (tilman@imap.cc) +.fi +.SH AVAILABILITY +The ldattach command is part of the util-linux package +and is available from +https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |