Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 20:42:45 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Burton Sampley <bsampley@best.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how get user ppp to talk to slirp -P Message-ID: <199712152042.UAA09589@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Dec 1997 04:38:29 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.971215043157.542B-100000@shell9.ba.best.com>
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> Right after I sent this message, a workable answer popped into my mind. I
> just created an alias in my .cshrc file (alias slirp slirp -P). This
> allowed me to connect to the remote host, but I had routing problems. One
> minor change to my /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup file and the bits started flowing.
>
> Sorry for the long post. It's very frustrating to ask for help and then
> figure it out right after you hit the appropriate commands to send your
> message.
To get the space in your login script, you've got to escape the
escape - ie, `\\s'. The `\\' is parsed by the command parser and
reduced to a single `\', letting the chat interpreter get a hold of
it and in turn interpret the actual `\s'.
Perhaps this stuff should be in the FAQ :-)
> - burton -
>
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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