Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 02:28:54 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: "Michael V. Harding" <mvh@netcom.com> Cc: croyle@gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.5 release, can it be postponed? Message-ID: <199709100128.CAA20485@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 09 Sep 1997 17:43:26 PDT." <199709100043.RAA00955@netcom1.netcom.com>
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> Actually, on a related note, it would be nice if ppp had a 'lock' file
> you could check to see if the connection was up. I use
> /var/spool/lock/LCK..cuaa1 for this purpose, but it would be nice if
> PPP had a way of telling cron jobs directly. I check for mail every 6
> minutes if the connection is up, and every 2 hours if it's not. With
> dial-on-demand, of course.
See my other post:
pppctl -v -p xxx 3000 show log | grep ^PPP >/dev/null && echo OK
Ppp can really do a lot more than it used to. The docs are
infinitely more detailed too :-)
I just wish people would stop finding bugs :-I
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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