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Date:      Tue, 2 Jun 2009 09:25:56 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r193304 - in stable/7/share/examples: . ppp
Message-ID:  <200906020925.n529PuA5008528@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: brian
Date: Tue Jun  2 09:25:56 2009
New Revision: 193304
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/193304

Log:
  MFC: Mention the danger of running programs using ``!''.
  
  PR:		112481

Modified:
  stable/7/share/examples/   (props changed)
  stable/7/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkup.sample

Modified: stable/7/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkup.sample
==============================================================================
--- stable/7/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkup.sample	Tue Jun  2 08:02:27 2009	(r193303)
+++ stable/7/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkup.sample	Tue Jun  2 09:25:56 2009	(r193304)
@@ -30,11 +30,16 @@ MYADDR:
 192.244.176.32:
  add 192.244.176.0 0 HISADDR
 
-#You may want to execute a script after connecting.  This script can do
+# You may want to execute a script after connecting.  This script can do
 # nice things such as kick off "sendmail -q", "popclient my.isp" and
 # "slurp -d news".  It can be passed MYADDR, HISADDR and INTERFACE
 # as arguments too - useful for informing a DNS of your assigned IP.
 #
+# NOTE: It's vital that you use ``!bg'' rather than ``!'' if the program
+#       you're running will take some time or will require network
+#       connectivity.  Using ``!'' will delay ppp 'till the completion
+#       of the program being run!
+#
 # You may also want some sound effects....
 #
 pmdemand:



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