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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....