From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 16 12:32:23 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA02323 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 16 Sep 1995 12:32:23 -0700 Received: from tesla.cview.com (root@tesla.cview.com [204.95.57.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id MAA02318 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 1995 12:32:20 -0700 Received: by tesla.cview.com (Smail3.1.29.0 #1) id m0su2yD-0001OHC; Sat, 16 Sep 95 14:32 CDT Message-Id: Date: Sat, 16 Sep 95 14:32 CDT From: malenovi@cview.com (Nik Malenovic) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SLIP Reconnect Newsgroups: cview.freebsd.questions In-Reply-To: Organization: CView Inc. Cc: shorty@iii.net Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In article you write: >I've managed to create a file that I can just run via sh /root/slipstart2 that >initiates a session to my internet access provider, then I can type slattach -c >-h -s 57600 /dev/modem to start the connection. I tried adding a -r /root/slipstart2 into the command line, but slattach locks out the device so kermit won't >run in my script. Can anyone tell me how to get slattach to run the file when >it loses carrier and let go of the port? Thanks in advance. >-Justin Seger- check ftp://ftp.cview.com/pub/FreeBSD there is a README on slattach's bug for redialing with kermit (it doesn't let go of device when spawns the redial_cmd() ), and slattach.c is for 2.0.5-R Nik