Forwarding this to the current ppp maintainer. On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Brandon Mitchell wrote:
>[ request to dial multiple numbers to connect to an isp ] > >> I have not tackled this problem, but I think a perl script would be the >> way to go. I am not a perl programmer, so when I wanted a script to keep >> trying to connect to my ISP to run my mirror in the early hours, I asked >> Ralph Winslow to help me. The attached script does _that_ job but it >> might be useful as a sort of map of how the job can be done. >[ perl script is no longer attached ] > >Goodness, I thought this would take a week for me to work up, and I just >did it in 5 minutes. Here goes: > >modify pon: >#!/bin/sh >if [ -r /etc/ppp.options_out -a -r /etc/ppp.chatscript ]; then > /usr/sbin/pppd connect "/path/multi-chat.sh" `cat /etc/ppp.options_out` ># ^^^^ relocate >else > echo "You do not have permissions to access /etc/ppp.chatscript or > /etc/ppp.options_out" >fi > >Then make the following multi-chat.sh: >#!/bin/sh > ># this restarts the loop after all scripts are run >while true; do > # this cycles through the scripts > for i in /etc/ppp/scripts/*; do > # this trys the script > if /usr/sbin/chat -v -f $i; then exit 0 > fi > > # didn't make it, bad script > > # don't really need the sleep, it just gives the modem a second > # to catch it's breath :-) > sleep 5 > done >done > >Then place a series of scripts in /etc/ppp/scripts that you want run in >order (should be alphabetical, I have chat.1 chat.2...). It worked >perfectly, no delay, runs right through the list. Now I just have to make >a bunch of chat scripts (and hope this thing hangs up ok, I only know >that it just got me on just now). > >Mr. Lameter: Could this be considered as an addition/example to ppp? If >so, all I ask is that my name is included in a comment at the top of the >multi-chat script. > >Enjoy, >Brandon > >----- >Brandon Mitchell E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7877/home.html > >"We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." > --Linus Torvalds > > > --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
