From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 17 17:49:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from logisticsoftware.co.nz (logisticsoftware.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B036314D2D for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 17:49:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz) Received: from jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz [10.1.3.1]) by logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA22134; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 14:49:13 +1300 (NZDT) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA03557; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 14:49:13 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 14:49:13 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: questions Subject: Re: simple ppp.linkup question Message-ID: <20000118144912.A3471@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> References: <3883C588.5BC5104C@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i 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 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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