On Tue, Dec 16, 1997 at 11:35:23AM +0500, Adam P. Harris wrote: > ... > > For example, I have configured my ip-up script to start fetchmail > > (in daemon mode) and grab articles for my local news spool unless > > the file /etc/no_mail exists. Therefore, if I need to quickly dial > > in, say to fetch a file, I create this file before starting pppd so > > that I can hang up as soon as I am done without waiting for POP and > > NNTP transfers to finish. > > I'm not sure we can accomodate this ;) >
So don't use plain "pon", use #!/bin/sh touch /etc/no_mail ; exec pon and your ip-up.d/fetchmail would be #!/bin/sh if [ -f /etc/no_mail ] then fetchmail -d 600 fi FWIW I've been using run-parts in ip-up and ip-down for some time now, the scripts reconfigure stuff based on my ip address (2 ISPs) etc. and everything works like a charm. I dunno about packages placing scripts in ip-[up|down].d/ -- I'd rather put them in /usr/doc/<package>/examples. -- Dimitri emaziuk at curtin dot edu dot au Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
