redhat man page for ppp-watch

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

NAME
       ppp-watch - daemon to make PPP interfaces act more like other interfaces

SYNOPSIS
       ppp-watch interface-name [boot]

DESCRIPTION
       ppp-watch  manages one PPP connection, including starting, stopping, and redialing.  It makes starting and stopping the connection synchro-
       nous activities.

       ppp-watch is not really meant to be called directly.  It should only be used from within the ifup-ppp script.

OPTIONS
       interface-name
	      The name of the PPP interface to bring up.

       boot   ppp-watch is being called at boot time and should time out after a while if the PPP connection does not come up in order not to hang
	      the boot sequence.

RHS
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