From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jul 7 07:16:42 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id HAA14174 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 7 Jul 1995 07:16:42 -0700 Received: from spooky.rwwa.com (rwwa.com [198.115.177.3]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA14168 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 1995 07:16:39 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spooky.rwwa.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA12043 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 1995 10:20:22 -0400 Message-Id: <199507071420.KAA12043@spooky.rwwa.com> X-Authentication-Warning: spooky.rwwa.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.5.3 12/28/94 To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: ijppp feature request Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 07 Jul 1995 10:20:21 -0400 From: Robert Withrow Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I would like to be able to execute arbitrary commands when the link goes up and down. In my case, I would like to issue a ``finger'' command when the link goes up, to stimulate the other side to send me accumulated mail. Has anyone done this yet? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Withrow, Tel: +1 617 598 4480, Fax: +1 617 598 4430 Net: witr@rwwa.COM R.W. Withrow Associates, 319 Lynnway Suite 201, Lynn MA 01901 USA