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NAME
       ldattach - attach a line discipline to a serial line

SYNOPSIS
       ldattach [-1278denoVh] [-i iflag] [-s speed] ldisc device

DESCRIPTION
       The ldattach daemon opens the specified device file (which should refer
       to a serial device) and attaches the line discipline ldisc to it for
       processing of the sent and/or received data. It then goes into the
       background keeping the device open so that the line discipline stays
       loaded.

       The line discipline ldisc may be specified either by name or by number.

       In order to detach the line discipline, kill(1) the ldattach process.

       With no arguments, ldattach prints usage information.

LINE DISCIPLINES
       Depending on the kernel release, the following line disciplines are
       supported:

       TTY(0)
           The default line discipline, providing transparent operation (raw
           mode) as well as the habitual terminal line editing capabilities
           (cooked mode).

       SLIP(1)
           Serial Line IP (SLIP) protocol processor for transmitting TCP/IP
           packets over serial lines.

       MOUSE(2)
           Device driver for RS232 connected pointing devices (serial mice).

       PPP(3)
           Point to Point Protocol (PPP) processor for transmitting network
           packets over serial lines.

       STRIP(4); AX25(5); X25(6)
           Line driver for transmitting X.25 packets over asynchronous serial
           lines.

       6PACK(7); R3964(9)
           Driver for Simatic R3964 module.

       IRDA(11)
           Linux IrDa (infrared data transmission) driver - see
           http://irda.sourceforge.net/

       HDLC(13)
           Synchronous HDLC driver.

       SYNC_PPP(14)
           Synchronous PPP driver.

       HCI(15)
           Bluetooth HCI UART driver.

       GIGASET_M101(16)
           Driver for Siemens Gigaset M101 serial DECT adapter.

       PPS(18)
           Driver for serial line Pulse Per Second (PPS) source.

       GSM0710(21)
           Driver for GSM 07.10 multiplexing protocol modem (CMUX).

OPTIONS
       -1, --onestopbit
           Set the number of stop bits of the serial line to one.

       -2, --twostopbits
           Set the number of stop bits of the serial line to two.

       -7, --sevenbits
           Set the character size of the serial line to 7 bits.

       -8, --eightbits
           Set the character size of the serial line to 8 bits.

       -d, --debug
           Keep ldattach in the foreground so that it can be interrupted or
           debugged, and to print verbose messages about its progress to
           standard error output.

       -e, --evenparity
           Set the parity of the serial line to even.

       -i, --iflag value...
           Set the specified bits in the c_iflag word of the serial line. The
           given value may be a number or a symbolic name. If value is
           prefixed by a minus sign, the specified bits are cleared instead.
           Several comma-separated values may be given in order to set and
           clear multiple bits.

       -n, --noparity
           Set the parity of the serial line to none.

       -o, --oddparity
           Set the parity of the serial line to odd.

       -s, --speed value
           Set the speed (the baud rate) of the serial line to the specified
           value.

       -c, --intro-command string
           Define an intro command that is sent through the serial line before
           the invocation of ldattach. E.g. in conjunction with line
           discipline GSM0710, the command 'AT+CMUX=0\r' is commonly suitable
           to switch the modem into the CMUX mode.

       -p, --pause value
           Sleep for value seconds before the invocation of ldattach. Default
           is one second.

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
           Print version and exit.

AUTHORS
       Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc>

SEE ALSO
       inputattach(1), ttys(4)

REPORTING BUGS
       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at
       https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.

AVAILABILITY
       The ldattach command is part of the util-linux package which can be
       downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.

util-linux 2.38.1                 2022-05-11                       LDATTACH(8)

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