[99974] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Check for ppp connexion in script
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick L. Mantooth)
Tue Nov 17 20:51:21 1998
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:51:05 -0600 (CST)
From: "Rick L. Mantooth" <rickdman@cyberramp.net>
To: Zoki <zokiphoto@magic.fr>
cc: Red Hat Users List <redhat-list@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9811170052210.6342-100000@winbuster.magic.fr>
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Zoki,
Here is the begining of my checkmail script:
#!/bin/sh
while :
do
if [ -f /var/run/ppp0.pid ]
then
popclient etc.....
else
echo "Not On-Line, skipping..." >/dev/console
fi
done
I'm on RH4.1 and ppp-2.2
Rick
On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Zoki wrote:
> Since I've scripts as cronjobs to take care of mail I 'm having the
> annoying experience that the scripts try to make a connection even if I'm
> allready on line. What I would like to do is make the script check if
> there is a connection and if so skip the dialing and go straight to
> downloading and sending mail. I checked in the archives but couldn't find
> the answer to this question. I've an idea I should work with grep but
> since I never used it, I don't know its "grammar".
>
> Thanks,
> Zoki.
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