penggy(8)

Usage

penggy [options]

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the penggy commands. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

penggy is a program that allows you to connect to the internet via AOL.

Options

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the Info files.

-h, --help: Show summary of options.

-V, --version: Show version of program.

`-f=, --config-file=`	Set the configuration file to use.
`--access-method=`	Set the media used to access AOL.
`--protocol=`	Set the protocol used for communication with AOL.

-r, --auto-reconnect: Enable autoreconnection

--reconnect-delay=: Set the delay between reconnections.

-d, --daemon: Enable daemon mode, run in background.

`-D=, --debug-level=`	Set the verbosity of the debug.
`--pid-file=`	Set the PID file to create.
`-s=, --screen-name=`	Set the screen-name to use.
`-m=, --modem=`	Set the serial device to use for the modem.

--rtscts: Enable hardware flow control.

`--init-str=`	Set the primary initialization string sent to the modem.
`--dial-str=`	Se the string used to dial.
`-n=, --phone=`	Set the primary phone numer to use.
`-s=, --line-speed=`	Set the serial line speed.
`-c=, --chat-script=`	Set the chat script unsed for logging into AOL.
`-t=, --interface-type=`	Set the interface type.
`-i=, --interface=`	Set the interface name.

--dns: Set the DNS when connected.

`--ip-up=`	Set the script automatically called when IP is up.
`--ip-down=`	Set the script automatically called when IP is down.

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

3.1–4.0