18.6. The pppd debug and file option_file optionsAs we have already seen, you can turn on debug information logging with the -d option to pppd. The 'debug' option is equivalent to this. As we are establishing a new connection with a new script, leave in the debug option for now. (Warning: if your disk space is tight, logging pppd exchanges can rapidly extend your syslog file and run you into trouble - but to do this you must fail to connect and keep on trying for quite a few minutes). Once you are happy that all is working properly, then you can remove this option. If you have called your ppp options file anything other than /etc/ppp/options or /etc/ppp/options.ttySx, specify the file name with the file option to pppd - e.g.
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