Re: How to run a script when disconnecting a dialup connection

[olet@debian.org (Ole J. Tetlie)]

>-"Chris R. Martin" <bluerider@bigfoot.com>
>
> I know that ip-up and ip-down are run by pppd when the link is brought up
> or down respectively. However, ip-down is run AFTER the link is brought
> down. What I'd like to do is run a script or two BEFORE the link actually
> goes down.

Make a script that does what you want, and then takes down the links.
Example:

#!/bin/sh

script1
script2
poff # (or whatever way you use [killall pppd])

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