Re: diald time restriction
Hi!
}-> Peter Bartosch <lead@gmx.de> writes:
}->
}-> > hi debians
}-> > i´ve got only a short question:
}-> > is it possible to restrict diald only to work at e.g. one hour per day?
}-> You can restrict certain portions of the config file to be operative
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}-> down unless specifically requested at other times) or do you mean
that´s the job of diald, isn´t it?
}-> completely give up managing the link (both in terms of bringing it up
}-> and taking it down on inactivity) during certain times of the day?
}-> Either situation could be done with a config file change, though in
}-> the second situation it's better to use a cron job.
}->
}-> > i don´t use diald at the moment! it´s only to avoid reading more and more ,-)
my problem: i had a big telephone-bill because my fetchmail/procmail had
problems to fetch my mail. i want to limit my provider link to one hour per
day, so your second possibility will do the right thing
ps: i´m sorry about my late reply, but i´m a few days behind with reading debian-user
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