On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, h a wrote:
> I am writing a small linux application and at some point i want to know if
> the user is hooked to the internet. how can i tell if the user has internet
> access at the moment ????
>
If you know that a certain interface will always be connecting through a
specific wan device you can parse the interface list for devices that
start with "ppp" or the like.
Otherwise a simple ping to a host on the internet would probably sufice.
Jay
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> thanx
> mark
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