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Hello Wayne - 

WC> Well not yet having a handle on Linux recursive searches
WC> with ls or grep as yet it took me some 30 minutes to find
WC> the script file pppsetup in /usr/sbin and cp'ed it into
WC> /tmp to look into the called configeration files which I
WC> imagine I'll edit so ppp-on doesn't bomb or require a disk. 

Try using 'find'. I forgot the exact syntax (my DOS version is
"find -name"). It worked better for me. 

WC> BTW I _did_ find just invoking and exiting pppsetup does
WC> indeed cause ppp-on to operate as desired with no need to
WC> open the file just as I'd suspected. 

I changed mine but that sounds familiar. 

WC> Saw some interesting stuff in that script, understood about
WC> half of it or a bit more right off. Now using pico -w
WC> instead of the alias thinking it best to get a grip on the
WC> real syntax before moving on. 

I used pico but if I remember correctly the syntax for a
file-save was a bit weird? 

WC> tomorrow's another day and I'll try editing the required
WC> files to bypass pppsetup entirely. Heck I'll likely take a
WC> look at ppp-on, resolve, ect. before calling it a day
WC> today. This ain't Bill Gates operating system, thank dog.
WC> Takes a bit of effort but the rewards are great. I mean
WC> here I am sitting on a 20 meg partition that with all the
WC> junk currently in /tmp shows 31 percent usage of that
WC> partition and I can telnet, edit, write and edit files,
WC> receive e-mail, browse and open JPG's off the local weather
WC> radar page already!!! 

It is interesting how little space is required for text command
line mode. 

WC> Another thing before lights out, I'm going looking for the
WC> modem init string and nuke the damn pulse dialing in favor
WC> of DTDF. Can't stand hearing that darn relay snapping all
WC> the time using ppp-on :-( Might turn the modem sound off
WC> while I'm at it too! 

Once I have a dialer working I always silence the modem. 

WC> This is getting awfully addictive and I DO still have all
WC> my *nix books from that short lived programming school
WC> effort :-) 

It is interesting. Reminds me of 'the old days' when everything
was modular and smaller. :-) 

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