On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> I think you need to somehow ensure that tail isn't used until > that line isn't written in the log; -f will get it to wait, but will > never get you any output in the dynamic.IP file. That makes good sense. I never thought about doing it that way (and don't have the foggiest idea how. Craig Sanders sent me what looks like some good advice but I haven't figured out how to implement it. I will take a moment to figure it out before asking any silly questions :) I did notice that I am using a script called 'ppp-on' instead of 'ip-up' so I have to wonder if that is part of the cause of my confusion. If I had a way to make the ppp-on script wait until the connection was established before going on past exec /usr/sbin/pppd debug lock modem crtscts /dev/ttyS1 38400 \ asyncmap 20A0000 escape FF kdebug 0 $LOCAL_IP:$REMOTE_IP \ noipdefault netmask $NETMASK defaultroute connect $DIALER_SCRIPT to the rest of the script, I could just put tail in after the line above and it wouldn't be run until the connection was established (and the information was in /var/log/messages). -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null