Auto invoke browser upon wvdial successful Internet connection

[Bob Shaffer]

This will do what you want.

#!/bin/bash

nohup wvdial 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null &

while true; do
    if [ -n "`/sbin/pidof pppd`" ]; then
        # successfully connected
        mozilla &
        exit
    fi
    if [ -z "`/sbin/pidof wvdial`" ]; then
        # wvdial failed and exited
        xmessage "Failed to connect."
        exit
    fi
    sleep 1
done

# end of script

It doesn't represent my life's work or anything, but it will work.
You can just run "killall -2 wvdial" to close the connection.

You can actually set up pppd to dial for you, and dial on demand if you
want too.  That way when you open a browser it will automatically dial for
you if you're offline.

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Barry Yu said:
> I want to activate the Mozilla  browsing ONLY WHEN INTERNET CONNECTION
> IS SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISHED by WVDIAL, could any one advice or point me
> to right place of a how-to, I am not good at script (yet), if there is
> one, would really appreciate, Thanks.
>
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