On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:31:27AM +0800, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
>
> USM Bish (Tuesday, July 30, 2002 9:02 PM):
>
>
> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 11:22:50AM -0700, Tineeminee wrote:
> > > To connect to the internet i use and script called vsnl.
> > > Now i would like to use an auto-scheduler which would
> > > automatically connect to VSNL at some fixed-time down-
> > > load the mails and then disconnect autm-
> > >
> > This needs to be scripted. There are two options that you
> > have here:
> > a) Run your script as a cron process at specified times ..
> > b) Use the "at" command for making the script ('man at' for
> > details)
>
> I would prefer using the /etc/ppp/ip-[up|down].local scripts,
> which are called when ppp0 comes up, and when it goes down.
>
Yep, this will work for the fetchmail bit. But will not sort
the problem of pre-defined connects at fied times. That would
still need "at" or "cron" to fire ... which in turn can call
the i-up|down scripts or dedicated scripts for that purpose.
Bish
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