Chuck, what is $5 in this case? Is it an internal variable? Regards, Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <chuckh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 5:38 PM Subject: Re: keeping PPP alive > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
