From: "Victor Tsaran" <vtsaran@nimbus.ocis.temple.edu>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: keeping PPP alive
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 20:52:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <006501bfe6fd$aa154be0$d2105b80@wang> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0007052037570.486-100000@hudson.mhonline.net>
Chuck, what is $5 in this case? Is it an internal variable?
Regards,
Vic
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <chuckh@mhonline.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: keeping PPP alive
> Jacob -
>
> Here are the relevant lines from my Slackware ip-up script. They look
> pretty generic to me...
>
> # If you want to ping the other end to keep the connection open.
> # The output from ping will goto >/dev/null, you won't see it.
> # Ping -i 60 = send ping every 60 seconds to remote = $5.
>
> (ping -i 60 $5 &) >/dev/null 2>&1
>
> Hope that helps.
> Chuck.
>
> My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh
> You can bring any calculator you like to the midterm, as long as it
> doesn't dim the lights when you turn it on.
> -- Hepler, Systems Design 182
>
>
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Jacob Schmude
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` Charles Hallenbeck
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` Charles Hallenbeck
` Victor Tsaran [this message]
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` Victor Tsaran
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keeping ppp alive Charles Hallenbeck
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