On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 15:27:16 +0100, Ben Kal wrote: > I too do not immediately understand that. It looks like the 'and die' part > of the statement > system '/usr/sbin/pppd', 'call', $isp and die; > is executed regardless of the real success or failure of the pppd call > when the script runs to set up a connection for the very first time, > but when it runs to reconnect, the 'die' is only done if needed > (or maybe: never!)
No, the "die" is never executed. Anyway, this is completely unrelated to my problem. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow Pig 17, Championnat International des Jeux Mathématiques et Logiques, TETRHEX, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]