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The "scripts" facility in NET allows you to run up/down scripts
whenever particular PPP links come up/go down. 

To use this feature, edit the file ~/scripts to specify the names
of "up" and "down" scripts to be executed when a connection is 
made to a particular IP address. 


>> Example of ~/scripts:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
158.152.1.222   up222   down222

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Each line of the file has three fields. The first is the remote 
IP address negotiated by PPP. The second and third are the 
scripts (stored in ~/spool/scripts) to be executed when the link
appears/disappears.

Thus in the example above, ~/spool/scripts/up222 is executed when
the link to 158.152.1.222 appears, and ~/spool/scripts/down222 is
executed when the link disappears.

Any NET commands may be placed in these scripts. For example,
this is a useful place to find out the status of the Demon system
and perhaps adjust routing and nameserver details.


>> Example of ~/spool/scripts/up222:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
finger status@gate.demon.co.uk

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