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Date:      Sat, 7 Mar 1998 00:20:24 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Richard M. Neswold" <rneswold@mcs.net>
To:        allen campbell <allenc@verinet.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Detecting state of PPP
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980307000235.16748A-100000@drmemory.fnal.gov>
In-Reply-To: <199803070551.WAA20509@const.>

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On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, allen campbell wrote:

> I think ppp deserves a status tool that performs simple tests on the
> running daemon.

Here's a ppp status tool (put this in a file called, for instance,
'ppp_up'):

	#!/bin/sh
	ifconfig -l -u | grep -q tun0;

To test it:

	$ ppp_up && echo PPP is running.

  Rich

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