Re: Checking if the network is up
> I just have my ip-up script (it's a ppp config script, see man pppd)
> touch a file in /usr/local/etc/ppp when I connect, and ip-down remove
> the file when I disconnect. Then I can just check for the existence
> of that file, and know if I'm connected. Alternatively, you could
doesn't work if the connection is dropped by a bad line or such things.
Maarten
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