get rid of warning

[ppp.git] / chat / chat.8

diff --git a/chat/chat.8 b/chat/chat.8
index 634d9a4b522f0daca648769298f24dd142f28f58..7d4ad5f937afbaa82cea9c8a180b60b006a61d48 100644 (file)
--- a/chat/chat.8
+++ b/chat/chat.8
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" -*- nroff -*-
 .\" manual page [] for chat 1.8
 .\" -*- nroff -*-
 .\" manual page [] for chat 1.8

-.\" $Id: chat.8,v 1.6 1997/11/27 06:00:06 paulus Exp $
+.\" $Id: chat.8,v 1.8 1999/05/12 06:13:22 paulus Exp $

 .\" SH section heading
 .\" SS subsection heading
 .\" LP paragraph
 .\" SH section heading
 .\" SS subsection heading
 .\" LP paragraph


@@ -61,10 +61,7 @@ Request that the \fIchat\fR script be executed in a stderr verbose
 mode. The \fIchat\fR program will then log all text received from the
 modem and the output strings sent to the modem to the stderr device. This
 device is usually the local console at the station running the chat or
 mode. The \fIchat\fR program will then log all text received from the
 modem and the output strings sent to the modem to the stderr device. This
 device is usually the local console at the station running the chat or

-pppd program. This option will not work properly if the stderr is
-redirected to the /dev/null location as is the case should pppd be run
-in the 'detached' mode. In that case, use the '-v' option to record
-the session on the SYSLOG device.
+pppd program.

 .TP
 .B -s
 Use stderr.  All log messages from '-v' and all error messages will be
 .TP
 .B -s
 Use stderr.  All log messages from '-v' and all error messages will be


@@ -156,6 +153,16 @@ character, you would have to write something like this:
 \'# ' logout
 .LP
 
 \'# ' logout
 .LP
 

+.SH SENDING DATA FROM A FILE
+If the string to send starts with an at sign (@), the rest of the
+string is taken to be the name of a file to read to get the string to
+send.  If the last character of the data read is a newline, it is
+removed.  The file can be a named pipe (or fifo) instead of a regular
+file.  This provides a way for \fBchat\fR to communicate with another
+program, for example, a program to prompt the user and receive a
+password typed in.
+.LP
+

 .SH ABORT STRINGS
 Many modems will report the status of the call as a string. These
 strings may be \fBCONNECTED\fR or \fBNO CARRIER\fR or \fBBUSY\fR. It
 .SH ABORT STRINGS
 Many modems will report the status of the call as a string. These
 strings may be \fBCONNECTED\fR or \fBNO CARRIER\fR or \fBBUSY\fR. It