Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 14:49:13 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: simple ppp.linkup question Message-ID: <20000118144912.A3471@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <3883C588.5BC5104C@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 08:44:41PM -0500 References: <3883C588.5BC5104C@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 08:44:41PM -0500, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > I'm trying to give myself a signal when my ppp link comes up, since i > don't have a blinking modem applet like Gnome or KDE. Why does this > say invalid command for the cat command and the echo command? > > rcn: > /bin/cat /usr/home/jcm/files/sorrydave.au > /dev/audio > echo "\a\a" > !bg /usr/local/sbin/adzapper > delete ALL > add 0 0 HISADDR 'Cos these aren't commands that ppp(1) understands. You need to precede those lines with "shell" or "!". Jonathan Chen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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