Robert V. MacQuarrie writes: > Put this is /usr/local/bin and call it ispon It isnt anything > fancy but it should work for you until ppp's maintainer, Philip Hands, has > time to maybe add a check into ppp itself. when run it'll simply tell you > if pppd is or isn't running. pppd already locks the serial port. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI