Re: Detect PPP interface ?

[Magnus Wirström <asd mail bip net>]

Thanks found it =)

So all I have to do is to look in this file to get the tranfer rate and status...
Sounds simple enough =)
I will try this !!

Thanks for you help !!!
/Magnus

"Daniel M. German" wrote:

>  Magnus> Hi ...
>  Magnus> I am writing a simple ppp0 dialer ... and I wonder if anyone knows how
>  Magnus> to detect if ppp0 is up and running in a simple way ... Would also be
>  Magnus> nice to to get some status stuff too =)
>
>  Magnus> All in this in GNOME of course =)
>
> Try to open /proc/net/dev and scan for any  ppp interface. It is the
> most reliable way, at least under linux.
>
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