On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 02:00:35AM -0600, montefin wrote: > Wellllllll..."pon" and "poff", and let's not overlook "plog" _are_ > elegantly tiny and simple, _but_ since my ISP instituted 'idle-time > disconnects' I don't always know whether I'm connected or not. A little > on/off light thingie might be nice to check before doing an apt-get, a > perl -MCPAN or a wget. > > AAMOF, since "pon's" man page is also elegantly tiny and simple, I have > not found if or how it can be activated by an application yet.
#! /bin/sh pon > /dev/null 2>&1 sleep 200 # wait for pon to do it's magic IFACE=`/sbin/route | grep '^default.*ppp0$'` if test -n "$IFACE" ; then ...do something... fi Surely someone can do a better job though ;) -- ¶ One·should·only·use·the·ASCII·characterset·when·compos » ing·email·messages.