How about a trick I use in M$DOS frequently to test modem response: ECHO ATH0>/dev/modem (or COMx: in DOS)
Toss that in right after the pppd kill in your script. On 7 Jun 97, debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote regarding: __ Non-interactive modem hangup __ > Does anyone know a simple command or tool to hang up the modem? Just hang > it up, not stay connected to the tty and await more commands. > > What I'm after is something simple I can put into a script for sudo > to kill the ppp daemon and also hang up the line, freeing /dev/ttyS1 > immediately (rather than waiting for the ISP to idle out the line and > hang up on me). > > The first part I've got figured out -- > > start-stop-daemon --stop --verbose --exec /usr/sbin/pppd > > But there has to be an easier way to hang up the modem than writing a > chat script or something like that. > > Does anyone have any ideas? > > -- > G. Branden Robinson > Purdue University > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Gerald V. Livingston II Reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .