Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 19:22:09 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shell command not working in ppp.linkdown Message-ID: <20000125192209.A320@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <20000124234608.C5829@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> References: <20000124222421.E409@marder-1> <20000124234608.C5829@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 11:46:08PM +0000, Ben Smithurst wrote:
> Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> > I start xtimer from /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup using
> >
> > bg xtimer
> >
> > but trying to kill it in ppp.linkdown with:
> >
> > shell kill `cat /tmp/xtimer.pid`
> >
> > doesn't work (/tmp/xtimer.pid contains *only* the pid). No errors
> > anywhere, xtimer just keeps running, however:
> >
> > shell killall xtimer
> >
> > does work.
> >
> > Anyone any idea why the former doesn't work?
>
> AIUI, PPP doesn't pass the command to /bin/sh, and it doesn't understand
> the backticks. (I think this was the case at some point, though it may
> have changed while I wasn't looking.) Try
>
> shell sh -c "kill `cat /tmp/xtimer.pid`"
>
> or something, does that work?
That's it. Thanks:)
It seems that ``shell'' doesn't behave as described in the manpage for
ppp:
shell|! [command]
If command is not specified a shell is invoked according to
the SHELL environment variable. Otherwise, the given command
is executed. Word replacement is done in the same way as for
the ``!bg'' command as described above.
However, if I add
isp:
shell
to /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup, I get
marder-1:/usr/mark{58}% ppp
Working in interactive mode
Using interface: tun0
ppp ON marder-1> load isp
ppp ON marder-1> dia
ppp ON marder-1> Connect: Received: CONNECT 49333/ARQ
Ppp ON marder-1>
PPp ON marder-1> Warning: Can't start an interactive shell from a config file
Warning: shell: Failed 1
PPP ON marder-1>
Hmm, I'll try and look into this and, if necessary, update the manual
page.
Brian, are you reading this? If so, do you have any comments?
>
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