pppd error

[henrymar@gpc.peachnet.edu]

After I finished reading the ISP-Hookup-HOWTO and making sure all my 
files were as the HOWTO instructed I did this from the bash command line:

exec pppd connect \ 'chat -v -f /etc/ppp/chatscript' \-detach crtscts modem 
defaultroute \ user (myusername) \ /dev/modem 38400

Then I got the following error message:

pppd: option not recognized: -detach

And I was automatically kicked out of bash back to the login prompt.  I 
had been logged in as root.

I looked at the pppd manual and infact it does not list a detach option.  
But this is how the HOWTO said to do it so I don't know where to go to 
get help.

I have not been able to successfully connect to my ISP using Debian/GNU 
Linux.

Any help would be appreciated.

TIA
M.Henry