Re: Scripting help needed

2001-01-29 Thread Cameron Simpson
I wrote: | Note that a stay packet can bring up the link, [...] s/stay/stray/ Doh! -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ "Yeh, Buddy.. I've got your COMPUTER! Right HERE!!" (computer THIS!) - Larry Cunningham, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: Scripting help needed

2001-01-29 Thread Cameron Simpson
| > Also worth remembering is that ppp has an "on demand" mode. You have | > ppp in this mode at boot and it doesn't start the modem, just sets | > routes. When you try to send data over the link it starts the modem. | > Which means you can pretend it's up and let ppp do the dial-out bit | > itsel

Re: Scripting help needed

2001-01-29 Thread Merell L. Matlock, Jr.
* Cameron Simpson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010127 19:08]: > Also worth remembering is that ppp has an "on demand" mode. You have > ppp in this mode at boot and it doesn't start the modem, just sets > routes. When you try to send data over the link it starts the modem. > Which means you can pretend it

Re: Scripting help needed

2001-01-29 Thread Justin Zygmont
another trick is the files in /var/ru. On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Thierry ITTY wrote: > ifconfig tells you whether your ppp connection is active or not. then it's > up to you to connect conditionnally > > # my app > ifconfig | grep "ppp0" || start_ppp_script > start app X > > > or something like t

Re: Scripting help needed

2001-01-29 Thread Thierry ITTY
ifconfig tells you whether your ppp connection is active or not. then it's up to you to connect conditionnally # my app ifconfig | grep "ppp0" || start_ppp_script start app X or something like that A 14:11 27/01/2001 -0500, vous avez écrit : >Howdy folks, > >Can someone help to pull the wool

Re: Scripting help needed

2001-01-28 Thread Edward Dekkers
> I cna get the 'not active' part to work, but just can't figure out how > to detect if ppp0 is up and running. > > Any hints/pointers will be most appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Merell Hi Merrell, I see you have allready some answers but I use this: pppisup(){ [ "`/sbin/route -n|/bin/grep -E

Re: Scripting help needed

2001-01-27 Thread Cameron Simpson
On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 02:44:44PM -0500, rpjday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Merell L. Matlock, Jr. wrote: | > X needs to run if my dial-up connection is active, but if the dial-up | > is *not* active, it needs to dialup, run then disconnect. | > I cna get the 'not active' pa

Re: Scripting help needed

2001-01-27 Thread Cameron Simpson
On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 01:27:36PM -0800, Brad Doster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Is there a known host address that you can only ping thru the ppp interface? | If so, you might script a ping test, then let X act based on the result | code. Something like this might work: | | #Wait for 4

RE: Scripting help needed

2001-01-27 Thread Brad Doster
Is there a known host address that you can only ping thru the ppp interface? If so, you might script a ping test, then let X act based on the result code. Something like this might work: #Wait for 4 'echo reply's or 10 seconds, whichever is greater #NOTE: -w does not work under k

Re: Scripting help needed

2001-01-27 Thread rpjday
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Merell L. Matlock, Jr. wrote: > Howdy folks, > > Can someone help to pull the wool out of my eyes? > > I need to do a job called 'X'. > > X needs to run if my dial-up connection is active, but if the dial-up > is *not* active, it needs to dialup, run then disconnect. > > I cn

Scripting help needed

2001-01-27 Thread Merell L. Matlock, Jr.
Howdy folks, Can someone help to pull the wool out of my eyes? I need to do a job called 'X'. X needs to run if my dial-up connection is active, but if the dial-up is *not* active, it needs to dialup, run then disconnect. I cna get the 'not active' part to work, but just can't figure out how t