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Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
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Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

by Chuck Toporek, Chris Stone, Jason McIntosh
June 2004
Intermediate to advanced
1056 pages
39h 58m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

CCLEngine

Synopsis

CCLEngine  -l integer -f filename -s { 0 | 1 } -e { 0 | 1 } -c { 0 | 1 } -p { 
0 | 1 } -d { 0 | 1 } -m { 0 | 1 | 2 } [-v] [-E] -S octal_integer -I string -i 
URL -C string -T phone_num -U username -P password
                  

Parses a modem script and initiates a PPP dialout. When a PPP connection is attempted, pppd starts up, parses /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist, and calls CCLEngine with the appropriate arguments.

Options

-c

If set to 1, enable Van Jacobson TCP/IP header compression. This is the opposite of the novj option to pppd, and is obtained from the IPCPCompressionVJ parameter in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist.

-C

If the modem script asks for input, this option provides the label for the alternate button (i.e., the one that’s not labeled “OK”) on the dialog that pops up. Normally this is set to “Cancel.”

-d

If set to 1, start dialing the modem without waiting for a dial tone. This corresponds to the modemdialmode option to pppd and is obtained from the DialMode parameter in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist.

-e

If set to 1, enable compression and error correction in the modem. This corresponds to the modemcompress and modemreliable options to pppd, and is obtained from the ErrorCorrection parameter in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist.

-E

Print output to standard error.

-f

Provide the name of a modem script, normally in /System/Library/Modem Scripts/. This corresponds ...

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