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Re: a question about pppd



Incoming from Shu Hung (Koala):
> s. keeling ??:
> 
> | Incoming from Shu Hung (Koala):
> |
> |> I want my perl script to check if the pppd is on
> |>
> |> how can I do that? is there any function to check so? or does the
> |> pppd lock any file for me to check so?
> |
> |
> | /sbin/ifconfig
> |
> | /var/lock/LCK..ttyS[0-?]

  -----------------------------------------
(0) keeling /home/keeling_ ifconfig
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
[snip]
ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol  
          inet addr:209.115.174.101  P-t-P:209.115.174.1  Mask:255.255.255.255
[snip
  -----------------------------------------

(0) keeling /home/keeling_ if [ -f /var/lock/LCK..ttyS0 ]; then
> echo woohoo!
> fi
woohoo!


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