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
