From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 1 12: 8:19 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1AE114D5B for ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 12:08:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:08:17 -0400 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105922@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'Marc Silver' Cc: "FreeBSD Mailing List (E-mail)" Subject: RE: Problem with ppp.linkup Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:09:57 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What is the exact syntax of the file you are using? What is the error message that you are receiving, if any? It should be something to the effect of... connection_name: command command etc... -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Silver [SMTP:marcs@icon.co.za] > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 5:05 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Problem with ppp.linkup > > Hi there, > > Please could one of you help with my *little* problem. I am trying to get > the following command to execute when my ppp link comes up. > > 'fetchmail -f /etc/ppp/.fetchmailrc' > > I have tried adding this to the ppp.linkup file in /etc/ppp, but for some > reason it just doesn't work....I have also tried to prefix this with both > '!bg "' and also "!sh -c", but neither of them worked. > > I am using FreeBSD 3.1 > > Any help as to the syntax would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Marc > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message