On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 13:50:52 -0700 "Mad Scientist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Randy Kramer wrote: > >> 1. Anybody know a good way to detect that a network link is active? > > The following will output a 1 to standard out if <interface> is up. I tested > with eth0 but I assume it will work with ppp0 as well. > > ifconfig | grep <interface> -A 2 | grep -c UP > > -Mad > > -- > Madness is soil in which creativity grows > > - Chris Bielek > > -A 3 works in more cases. for ex, if u have a line beginning with adr inet6. eth0 Lien encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx inet adr:x.x.x.x Bcast:x.x.x.x Masque:x.x.x.x adr inet6: xxxx::xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/xx Scope:Lien UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 bye jipe
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