From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jul 7 08:43:11 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id IAA16444 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 7 Jul 1995 08:43:11 -0700 Received: from tserv.lodgenet.com (root@dial8.iw.net [204.157.148.57]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA16430 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 1995 08:41:44 -0700 Received: from jake.lodgenet.com (jake.lodgenet.com [204.124.120.30]) by tserv.lodgenet.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id KAA05748; Fri, 7 Jul 1995 10:42:42 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jake.lodgenet.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA05619; Fri, 7 Jul 1995 10:42:09 -0500 Message-Id: <199507071542.KAA05619@jake.lodgenet.com> X-Authentication-Warning: jake.lodgenet.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6 4/21/95 To: Robert Withrow cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ijppp feature request In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 07 Jul 1995 10:20:21 EDT." <199507071420.KAA12043@spooky.rwwa.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 07 Jul 1995 10:42:07 -0500 From: "Eric L. Hernes" 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? well, there is a `/etc/ppp/ppp.linkup.sample', which sounds close to what you want. dunno about the link down stuff. This probably belongs in `questions' too. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > eric. -- erich@lodgenet.com erich@rrnet.com