Hi!
The freeware dialler/packet-driver included in the Bobcat package,
Netdial/DOSPPPD, doesn't rewrite the wattcp-cfg-file everytime, but
instead sets the changing ip-addresses as environment values if you,
via a batch-file, choose to run the batch-file "ip-up.bat" which is
automatically generated by DOSPPPD every time you connect.
Wayne Buttles/John Lewis then choose to echo those values to a file
called "path.cfg", which is then included in "wattcp.cfg" via the
statement: "include=..\path.cfg". Another way of doing it is via the
"bootstrap protocol", by adding the line "my_ip=bootp" to wattcp.cfg.
They have written long, over 2k, and rather complex but elegant
batch-files to accomplish all this in a way which makes everything
very simple for the user. Setup is also automated via batch-files.
Earlier versions of the Bobcat-package included dialler-batch-files
and pre-prepared directory structures for future inclusion of Arachne.
Perhaps studying the Bobcat-package might bring you some ideas on how
to solve your problem. You can find Bobcat at http://www.fdisk.com
The version called "Bobcat 386" is based on a newer version of Lynx
and runs 32-bit DOS via DJGPP (?), and is much faster than the regular
Bobcat. Doesn't have it's out-of-memory problems either. The Bobcat
package also includes separate gopher, telnet and ftp-clients.
Lars-Einar Jansson
Stockholm, Sweden
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