Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 19:37:02 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP & script execution Message-ID: <20000526193702.A232@parish> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20000526124310.01304360@midwest.net>; from parrothd@midwest.net on Fri, May 26, 2000 at 12:43:10PM -0500 References: <3.0.5.32.20000526124310.01304360@midwest.net>
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On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 12:43:10PM -0500, Jonathan E. Lyons wrote:
> Hi,
> Is there a way to make PPP execute a script each time it connects? I've
> been using cron, but I'd rather have this script run each time PPP needs to
> reconnect..
>
/etc/ppp/ppp.link{up,down} are what you need. See the ppp manpage, and
check out the ``shell'' and ``bg'' commands.
Also see /usr/share/examples/ppp/
for examples.
HTH
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>
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