From owner-freebsd-net Sat May 25 9:36:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from web21109.mail.yahoo.com (web21109.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.227.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C997737B403 for ; Sat, 25 May 2002 09:36:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20020525163617.42919.qmail@web21109.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [152.15.26.29] by web21109.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 25 May 2002 09:36:17 PDT Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 09:36:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Vinod Subject: ifconfig and route in a shell script To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org i had some problems with a script of mine. #!/bin/sh ifconfig wi0 10.0.1.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 route delete default route add default 10.0.2.1 i get a host 10.0.2.1 unreachable message when i run this script.then i put the ifconfig in a seperate script and ran it first and then the route commands in a seperate script.this works.so my guess is there is some timing issue between these two commands.i tried putting an echo between the ifconfig and route commands(to make a slight delay) but that didnt work.any other suggestions? will putting a delay work?if yes,can anyone tell me how i can do that on a script.i am new to writing shell scripts.i am using csh. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message