Re: how to shut pppd in script

["Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>]

Vladimir Popov wrote:
  >Hi,
  >
  >The idea is to disconnect from ISP after all scripts in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ ar
      >e
  >executed. When I run script:
  >
  >=========
  >#!/bin/sh
  >if test -e shut.ppp
  >then
  >  echo "It exists"
  >else
  >  echo "It doesn't exists"
  >fi
  >=========
  >
  >everything is ok. But when I place script
  >
  >=========
  >#!/bin/sh
  >if test -e shut.ppp
  >then
  >  kill 'cat /var/run/ppp0.pid'
  >fi
  >=========
  >
  >in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d it isn't working. If I run in command line  
  >
  >kill 'cat /var/run/ppp0.pid'
  >
  >it works. Where I'm wrong?

[I assume those single quotes (') are actually backquotes (`)? Otherwise
it would never work.]

I suspect that the ppp0.pid file is not written until after the ip-up
script has run.  Try putting a line in ip-up to test this:

  ls -l /var/run/ppp0.pid >/tmp/ppp.test 2>&1

and see what you get in /tmp/ppp.test.

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