On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 07:19, zentara wrote:
> On 04 Mar 2003 22:58:20 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jdavis) wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> > I am writing a script to help a user turn a modem
> >on and off and adjust the routing tables on a
> >Linux box. I am trying to call wvdial to do the dialing,
> >but it does not give control back to my script. I call
> >it like so
> >
> >if( $choice == 1){
> > `wvdial`;
> > print "connected";
> >}
> >
> >I also have tried..
> >
> >if( $choice == 1){
> > `wvdial&`;
> >}
> >
> >but nothing after `wvdial` gets ran.
> >could someone offer me some advice...please :) ?
>
> Backticks and system will run the program until
> it finishes, then return control to the calling program.
> Exec will run the program, but never return control.
> What you want to do is "fork and exec"
>
>
> if($pid = fork() == 0)
> {
> exec("wvdial");
> }
>
> # this is all executed in the parent
> #...
> kill $pid; #to terminate wvdial
>
> You can check whether the connection is
> good by checking the file "/var/run/ppp0.ip"
Thanks all who replied. I dont have a modem or wvdial
so when i go to the cust house today i will try the new methods
suggested.
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