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.TH PPP-WATCH 8 "Red Hat, Inc." "RHS" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
ppp-watch \- daemon to make PPP interfaces act more like other interfaces
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ppp-watch
\fIinterface-name\fP [boot]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ppp-watch
manages one PPP connection, including starting, stopping, and redialing.
It makes starting and stopping the connection synchronous activities.

.B ppp-watch
is not really meant to be called directly.  It should only be used from
within the ifup-ppp script.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I interface-name
The name of the PPP interface to bring up.
.TP
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.
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458f14b7 AM	1	.TH PPP-WATCH 8 "Red Hat, Inc." "RHS" \" -- nroff --
	2	.SH NAME
	3	ppp-watch \- daemon to make PPP interfaces act more like other interfaces
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B ppp-watch
792fd7dc	6	\fIinterface-name\fP [boot]
458f14b7 AM	7	.SH DESCRIPTION
	8	.B ppp-watch
	9	manages one PPP connection, including starting, stopping, and redialing.
	10	It makes starting and stopping the connection synchronous activities.
	11
	12	.B ppp-watch
	13	is not really meant to be called directly. It should only be used from
	14	within the ifup-ppp script.
	15	.SH OPTIONS
	16	.TP
	17	.I interface-name
	18	The name of the PPP interface to bring up.
	19	.TP
	20	boot
	21	ppp-watch is being called at boot time and should time out after a
	22	while if the PPP connection does not come up in order not to hang
	23	the boot sequence.