Re: Script help...............

[Michael Beattie <mickyb@es.co.nz>]

On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Phillip Neumann wrote:

> Hi debian world...
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> Im not know very much about scripts so i need some help with one..
> 
> Here my situation:
> 
> A script will be executed when i call to my linux box... here it is: 
> 
> /etc/init.d/xringd stop
> /root/IP_MAIL
> pon incomingcall    <--------------------
> /etc/init.d/xringd start                |
>                                         |
>                                         |
> 
> 				This has the -detach option so i can kill it and the script will continue...
> 
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> 
> Now, i have problems with /root/IP_MAIL, becouse it try to send me my ip number before i can get one... this is how IP_mail looks:
> 
> 1)DAY=$(date +%A)
> 2)NUMBER=$(date +%d)
> 3)TIME=$(date +%r)
> 4)MONTH=$(date +%m)
> 5)IP=$(/sbin/ifconfig | grep inet | awk '{print $2}' |awk -F: '{print $2}' | grep -v 127)
> 6)echo "Today, $DAY   $NUMBER/$MONTH  [$TIME] you have got an ip address: $IP" > /tmp/iptemporal.tmp
> 7)mail -s "Identidad: $IP" filsin@innocent.com < /tmp/iptemporal.tmp
> 
> 
> in filsin@innocent.com i get:
> Today, Monday   26/10  [07:45:12 PM] you have got an ip address:
> 
> 
> so how can i make IP_MAIL do 1,2,3,4 and 5 until $IP is not empty ?? (is $IP is not empty then go on and send the mail...)
> 


Hmmm, What you need, is a script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ to do this, but only
when 'pon incomingcall' is executed.. change your first script thus:

/etc/init.d/xringd stop
touch /tmp/make_IP_available
pon incomingcall
rm /tmp/make_IP_available
/etc/init.d/xringd start


place your second script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ and start it with:

#!/bin/sh
test -f /tmp/make_IP_available || exit 0
...

so if the first script was called, it creates a temporary 0 byte file,
that the second script checks for. If it exists, it mails you with the IP
Address. 

                       Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)

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