1PPP-WATCH(8)                System Manager's Manual               PPP-WATCH(8)
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NAME

6       ppp-watch  -  daemon  to make PPP interfaces act more like other inter‐
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SYNOPSIS

10       ppp-watch interface-name [boot]
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DESCRIPTION

13       ppp-watch manages one PPP connection, including starting, stopping, and
14       redialing.   It  makes starting and stopping the connection synchronous
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17       ppp-watch is not really meant to be called directly.  It should only be
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OPTIONS

21       interface-name
22              The name of the PPP interface to bring up.
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24       boot   ppp-watch is being called at boot time and should time out after
25              a while if the PPP connection does not come up in order  not  to
26              hang the boot sequence.
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