Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:20:30 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramidi@otenet.gr> To: Francois Kritzinger <ffkrz@iafrica.com> Cc: Wayne Pascoe <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk>, freeBSD Mailing List <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD versions of Windows Apps Message-ID: <20010521112030.A17593@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <3B08C473.D233EB28@iafrica.com>; from ffkrz@iafrica.com on Mon, May 21, 2001 at 09:32:03AM %2B0200 References: <3B082EEA.62A2ADA5@iafrica.com> <8666ev68lf.fsf@pan.penguinpowered.org.uk> <3B083154.BF2A5D49@iafrica.com> <86zoc74t66.fsf@pan.penguinpowered.org.uk> <3B08C473.D233EB28@iafrica.com>
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On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 09:32:03AM +0200, Francois Kritzinger wrote: > > Well the reason I want to be able to quit ppp is because when I download large > files I do it over night, and over here phone rates are cheap from 7pm to 7am, > so I usually make the DL manager disconnect the modem around this time. Two things. If you add in your /etc/ppp/options the following: idle 900 After 900 seconds of inactivity on the line, the PPP daemon will close the connection automagically. If you want to kill pppd when some specific time i reached, you can always use: # echo 'killall -TERM pppd ; killall -9 pppd' | at 06:55 Yes, I know, FreeBSD can be a lot different that Windows... --giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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