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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:31:11 -0500
From: Mak Kolybabi <mak_kolybabi@umanitoba.ca>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Cron Job to run (ifconfig em0 down; ifconfig em0 up)
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> Here's what I'd use:
> ping -c 1 a.b.c.d; TESTV=$?; if [ $TESTV != 0 ]; then `ifconfig em0 down`;

I'd suggest something more like:

ping -c 1 $host
[ $? -eq 0 ] && ifconfig em0 down && ifconfig em0 up

or

ping -c 1 $host
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
	ifconfig em0 down && ifconfig em0 up
fi


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