Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 11:27:19 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Mark Pearce <mark@netchat.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advise needed to write a script Message-ID: <3EE0B2D7.7090905@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <21585.196.37.44.152.1054881330.squirrel@mail.inf.co.za> References: <21585.196.37.44.152.1054881330.squirrel@mail.inf.co.za>
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Mark Pearce wrote: [ ... ] > What I would like to do is the following. > create a script that runs contineously in the background, checking on > the IP address every 5 minutes, and if it's not there, run a script to > kill and restart ppp. How are you invoking PPP? Try the "-ddial" option; it should convince PPP to reconnect without the need for an external script. -Chuck
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