Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 18:59:10 +0100 From: Kjell <la3sg@sensewave.com> To: jacks@sage-american.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Scripting help Message-ID: <20011209185839.40DBF8420@mail.broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20011209100224.0101cb38@mail.sage-american.com> References: <3.0.5.32.20011209100224.0101cb38@mail.sage-american.com>
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On Sunday 09 December 2001 5:02 pm, you wrote: > I have just set up an experimental FBSD 4.4-STABLE server using DSL with > dynamic ip. Using ZoneEdit DNS services, the DNS can be updated with a cron > script to still point to the proper name. I'm doing that now using cron to > run the update script every 8 hours (the connection usually runs for weeks > at a time without disconnect). > > However, I had rather have a script that runs every so often (xminutes) and > doesn't bother the DNS server unless and ONLY if a changed in the dynamic > IP has occured as a result of disconnect/reconnect. Here are the functions > I see needed, but scripting language is not yet a decent skill of mine. I > suspect others using dynamic IPs have this same need: Any guidence > appreciated once again. (I've looked at the ipcheck that uses Python, but > rather not go that route if possible to do the simple approach below). > An alternative would be to download the standard Python script from ZoneEdit.com It does exactly what you want. I have set mine up to check my IP address every 5 minutes. Regards from Kjell.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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