Usage of Sleep in UNIX

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pppoe-setup

PPPOE-SETUP(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    PPPOE-SETUP(8)

NAME

       pppoe-setup - Shell script to configure Roaring Penguin PPPoE client

SYNOPSIS

       pppoe-setup

DESCRIPTION

       pppoe-setup  is a shell script which prompts you for various pieces of information and sets up an /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0
       configuration script for the pppoe-start, pppoe-stop and +pppoe-connect scripts.

AUTHOR

       pppoe-setup was written by David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>.

       The pppoe home page is http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/.

SEE ALSO

       pppoe(8), pppoe-start(8), pppoe-stop(8), pppoe-connect(8), pppd(8), pppoe.conf(5), pppoe-status(8), pppoe-sniff(8), pppoe-relay(8),  pppoe-
       server(8)

4th Berkeley Distribution					 21 February 2000						    PPPOE-SETUP(8)

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