Auto invoke browser upon wvdial successful Internet connection

[Barry Yu]

Bob Shaffer wrote:

>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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>http://bobshafferscomputer.com/
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>Barry Yu said:
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>>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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Many tks to your script  and the bonus ( Dial on demand), it will 
definitely lead me to a further understanding of  script work, really 
helpful study script indead!