On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 10:48:33AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/11/5 Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:02:35PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been > >> connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for a > >> less technical user. Thanks in advance. > > > > Its not GUI, but a simple way would be to add a script to the -up and > > -down ppp directories that just puts the output of date to the end of a > > file with a comment like "dialup on" and "dialup off". Let the less > > technical user be able to read this file and they can do the math. > > Thanks, Doug, but this would not work in the case of accidental > disconnects, which are frequent with dial-up.
Are you saying that /etc/ppp/ip-down isn't run if you unplug the phone wire? I've never had that problem. As for handling accidental disconnects, there's the pppd persist option. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
