> > BTW, does anybody know how to check in a bash script, wheter a PPP > > connection is already up ? The /var/run/ppp0.pid file is already created > > when the modem is still dialing the phone number. > > I can usually tell by my HDD working... you could add a script in > /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ to play a sound for you or something.. I cant help > otherwise..
/sbin/ifconfig | grep ppp0 -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 6623'rd Linux user at the Linux Counter -- http://counter.li.org/