in reply to Gettin System Info

Forgive me if I'm wrong but doesn't this execute 'pppd' via the system call and then print "it worked\n" if we succeed and start a new process?

cheers

tachyon

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Re: Re: Gettin System Info
by readey (Sexton) on Jul 04, 2001 at 19:46 UTC
    Never thought of that one. I shall have another go and see if I get two pppd deamons running. The fact that I'm asking if pppd exists makes me believe that I have only queried it's existance. regards readey
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Re: Re: Gettin System Info
by readey (Sexton) on Jul 05, 2001 at 16:42 UTC
    I tried the same program without pppd running or so I thought. It returned - IT WORKED, so I did a ps -A and there was no sign of pppd. trying the same script with "pon", I got nothing at first because (as you said), perl starts pon itself. readey
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