On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > I put this in my /etc/ppp/ip-up script: > > > > ping -i 120 $5 > /dev/null 2>&1 & > ^ > | > what is it? not found in man page
That is the remote IP. $5 is the "fifth command line variable" when ip-up is called. It will turn into a real IP address when ip-up is run correctly. -- Daniel Stringfield mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.southeast.net/~servo Send email for more information on the Jacksonville Linux Users Group! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]