Hi Joseph --
On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Joseph Morrison wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> Can any of you suggest the cleanest way for a shell script to test
> whether the diald connection is up or down?

Here is a script I use to do that:
#!/bin/sh
if ( /sbin/ifconfig | grep -q ppp0 ); then
echo "Connected on line."
else
echo "On line not connected."
fi

Hope that helps.
Chuck.
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