rsattach(8) [debian man page]

RSATTACH(8)						   Linux System Managers Manual 					       RSATTACH(8)

NAME

       rsattach - Start a Rose interface

SYNOPSIS

       rsattach [-i inetaddr] [-v] port

DESCRIPTION

       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.

       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.

OPTIONS

       -i inetaddr     Set the internet address of the interface. This address may either be a dotted decimal address or a host name.

       -v	       Display the version.

SEE ALSO

       rose(4), rsparms(4), rsports(5), ifconfig(8).

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.

AUTHOR

       Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <g4klx@g4klx.demon.co.uk>

Linux								  27 August 1996						       RSATTACH(8)

RSPORTS(5)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							RSPORTS(5)

NAME

       rsports - Rose port configuration file.

DESCRIPTION

       Rsports	is an ASCII file that contains information about each of the Rose ports that are to be used. When dealing with a Rose utility such
       as call, it takes an optional argument that is the port name. This port name is a reference to the line within rsports, which has the  same
       name.  The information on each line contains enough information to bind the command to a particular Rose interface, this binding is done by
       matching the address on the line in rsports with the address of the port set by ifconfig or rsattach.

       The rsports file may contain comments that begin with a # in the first column, or a port description in the following  format,  each  field
       being delimited by white space:

	      name address description

       The field descriptions are:

	      name	    this is the unique Rose port identifier.

	      address	    the address of the Rose interface to bind to.

	      description   a free format description of this interface, this field extends to the end of the line. It may contain spaces.

FILES

       /etc/ax25/rsports

SEE ALSO

       call(1), rose(4), ifconfig(8), rsparms(8).

Linux								  27 August 1996							RSPORTS(5)