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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Enabling modem for timed periods..
Date: 22 Jun 1995 13:05:51 +0200
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Justin Farrell <Justin.Farrell@cs.tcd.ie> wrote:
>The modem uses the standard AT commands - I can switch it off
manually allright >using tip. What I really need I suppose is a shell
script which will run tip and >send the appropriate commands at the
times specified.
To send the commands, use cron(8). You'll have to decide to either
use the /etc/crontab file, or submit any and all cron commands via the
crontab(1) command.
As for the script, it's something like:
#!/bin/sh
echo "ats0=0&w" | tip <whatever you would use here>
to turn it off, and
#!/bin/sh
echo "ats0=1&w" | tip <whatever you would use here>
to turn it on again.
Don't forget to chmod +x both scripts.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)