also sprach ben <benfoley@rcn.com> [2002.07.15.2125 +0200]: > > reflected in /proc/net/route (/sbin/route) or /proc/net/dev > > (/sbin/ifconfig). pinging a host on the outside is not a good way to > > query the status for obvious reasons, so i am wondering if you know of > > a way to query a running on-demand pppd for its link status. > > > just thought of netstat -i pppd0. that should tell you if the link is up or > not. thanks for the suggestion, but compare this to /proc/net/dev... netstat -i also does not show a difference... -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:" net@madduck "in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is not king. he is taken to be a hallucinating lunatic." -marshall mcluhan
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