Subject: Quick way to tell if online for use in cron script?
Date: Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 10:42:17PM -0800
In reply to:Willy Lee
Quoting Willy Lee([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi debian-users,
>
> I wanted to run 'ntpdate' periodically via a cron script. However, I
> would prefer if the script would only run ntpdate if I am online (my
> dialup account), in order to avoid filling up my logs with 'can't find
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx' messages. Is there something in /proc or a simple
> command that I could use to tell whether I'm dialed up? Currently I
> am simply running 'ifconfig ppp0' to see if I'm online, but that seems
> a little inelegant to me.
>
> This is the line I'm using currently:
>
> 39 * * * * nobody /sbin/ifconfig ppp0 &&
> /etc/init.d/ntpdate start
>
> Thanks,
>
This may help
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#!/bin/sh
# Script to inform users that ppp is up
#
# Called from cron every 5 minutes
if [ -e /var/run/ppp0.pid ]; then
/usr/local/bin/play /usr/lib/sounds/pppisup.au
fi
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