Re: newbie: need inspiration

From: Daniel W. (daw..._at_aon.at)
Date: 08/28/05

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    Daniel W. wrote:
    > hello,
    > [....]

    thanks for your support.

    I've hacked this simple script.
    I know it isn't very efficient but as I said I'm a newbie in shell
    programming.

    Does anybody knows a good online-tutorial? The most I've found
    are incomplete. I haven't found how to break more than one loop and
    similar things.
    But I'm happy with this working script.

    greetings,
    daniel

    #!/bin/bash

    bEnd=0

    /usr/sbin/speedmgmt &

    printf "initialize modem and waiting as long as the modem is ready...\n"

    while true
    do
         tail /var/log/messages > goonline.tmp

         grep "Modem initialised" goonline.tmp > /dev/null
         if expr $? '=' 0 > /dev/null; then
             break
         fi

         sleep 1
         printf "."
    done

    printf "\n"
    printf "modem seems to be ready, go on\n"

    while true
    do
         printf "dialing...\n"
         pppd call aon > /dev/null

         while true
         do
             tail /var/log/messages > goonline.tmp
             grep "remote IP address" goonline.tmp
             if expr $? '=' 0 > /dev/null; then
                 bEnd=1
                 break
             fi

             sleep 1
             printf "$i \r"
             let i=$i+1

             if (test $i -gt 8)
             then
                 break
             fi
         done

         if (test $bEnd -eq 1)
         then
             break
         fi

         i=0
         printf "ERROR, call again\n"
    done

    printf "you are online\n"

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