Matan Ziv-Av wrote:
>
> In Mandrake (I don't know if on RH as well), there
> is a /var/run/netreport directory where you can write the pid of your
> program, and it will be sent a SIGIO whenever a network event (device
> up/down) occurs.
Too cool!
Now let's see if it actually works as advertised
> True. It's a bug. KDE fires up licq automatically so I have never
> noticed this bug. Now how do we fix it (without checking for a process
> named 'licq' or anything like that. How do you make sure a fifo has
> someone on the other end?)
OPEN(2) Linux Programmer's Manual
> True. It's a bug. KDE fires up licq automatically so I have never
> noticed this bug. Now how do we fix it (without checking for a process
> named 'licq' or anything like that. How do you make sure a fifo has
> someone on the other end?)
Mandrake and Redhat network scripts write a file /var/ru
Gaal Yahas wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 11:47:14PM +0200, Nimrod Mesika wrote:
> >
> > nimrodm:~$ cat /etc/ppp/ip-up.local
> What happens when licq isn't running and reading the pipe?
> Unless I'm mistaken, your ip-*.local scripts would block, which
> is probably not what you want.
True. I
"Muli B.Y." wrote:
>
> Thanks for the suggestions, Nimrod, I have implemented the
> online/offline thing this way. Shame on me for not having read the FAQ
> (where this stuff is mentioned) for quite some time.
>
> Nevertheless, it was a good excersize and my original question stands:
> Windows h
On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 11:47:14PM +0200, Nimrod Mesika wrote:
>
> nimrodm:~$ cat /etc/ppp/ip-up.local
> #!/bin/sh
> echo 'status online' >/home/nimrodm/.licq/licq_fifo
> nimrodm:~$
>
> nimrodm:~$ cat /etc/ppp/ip-down.local
> #!/bin/sh
> echo 'status off
On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 04:17:17PM +0200, Muli B.Y. wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions, Nimrod, I have implemented the
> online/offline thing this way. Shame on me for not having read the FAQ
> (where this stuff is mentioned) for quite some time.
> Nevertheless, it was a good excersize and my
At the risk of being slightly off topic, I will:
You can find Todd Anderson's Monitoring Dial-Up Network Connections on
the Nov. 1999 Windows Developer's Journal.
http://www.wdj.com/archive/1011/feature.html
(Note- Yes, I read Windows Developer's Journal. You can't compare it to
Dr. Dobb's Journa
"Muli B.Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Windows has RasConnectionNotification(). What does linux have except
> constant polling?
Sorry for my ignorance, but can you explain to this unixoid how
RasConnectionNotification() is implemented?
--
Oleg Goldshmidt | BLOOMBERG L.P. (BFM) | [EMAIL PR
Thanks for the suggestions, Nimrod, I have implemented the
online/offline thing this way. Shame on me for not having read the FAQ
(where this stuff is mentioned) for quite some time.
Nevertheless, it was a good excersize and my original question stands:
Windows has RasConnectionNotification(). W
On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 11:47:14PM +0200, Nimrod Mesika wrote:
> > As to your first suggestion, maybe there's even a better way -- have
> > licq install signal handlers for e.g. SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2, switching
> > it online in the former and offline in the latter, and then have the
> > ip-up scrip
Alex Shnitman wrote:
> As to your first suggestion, maybe there's even a better way -- have
> licq install signal handlers for e.g. SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2, switching
> it online in the former and offline in the latter, and then have the
> ip-up script killall -USR1 licq and the ip-down script killal
On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 10:05:16PM +0200, Matan Ziv-Av wrote:
> Why don't you touch some file in the ip-up script, and have you program
> select on that file?
>
> I hope you don't use ethernet status as an indication of internet
> connection, since ethernet interfaces are usually up, whether you
Why don't you touch some file in the ip-up script, and have you program
select on that file?
I hope you don't use ethernet status as an indication of internet
connection, since ethernet interfaces are usually up, whether you are
connected to the rest of the internet or not.
--
Matan Ziv-Av
"Muli B.Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The minimal time resolution I'm talking about here is less than a
> second, and the optimal is instantaneous.
What for?
> int main()
> {
> while (1)
> {
> sleep(1)
> do_some_quick_stuff();
> }
> retur
Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
>
> "Muli B.Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I have written a small utility, ifup, which will tell you if any network
> > interface is up or down (connected or disconnected).
>
> Can you explain what it does? I mean, is it a wrapper around ifconfig(8)
> or netstat(8)
"Muli B.Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have written a small utility, ifup, which will tell you if any network
> interface is up or down (connected or disconnected).
Can you explain what it does? I mean, is it a wrapper around ifconfig(8)
or netstat(8) or something of the kind? Why is it pr
I have written a small utility, ifup, which will tell you if any network
interface is up or down (connected or disconnected).
Now, what I really need is a way to get a notification when an
interface changes its status. Is there any way to do this under linux?
(Of course I can sleep() and cont
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