Re: Testing if PPP link is active

[Tethys <tethys ml com>]

>> What would be a good way for a script to test if the PPP link is active?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

	/sbin/ifconfig -a | egrep ^ppp0 > /dev/null 2>&1
	if [ $? -eq 0 ]
	then
		echo "PPP link active"
	fi

Tet

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