On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:25:52 +0000
David
Just checking. Is there a space after chmod and after +x. I assume you mean ip-up not ip.up.
Yes there is definitely a space. Sorry for the typo it is ip-up.local.
How do I know if the file has changed its type. I cannot see any change in its
properties.
I am not sure exactly where you are checking the properties, but if you "ls -l ip-up.local" you should see a string of letters and dashes on the left side of the output. The fourth one in from the left will change from a dash to an x when you make the file executable. If you want to make the file into a pukka shell script the full format is : #!/bin/bash # Insert here the comment of your choice to remind you what the file is for. # /full/path/to/firestarter > /home/<username>/dampsquib 2>&1 & If you want a simple test to check whether the file ever executes, you could put the following line before the line that runs firestarter : touch /home/username/testiplocal That will just create a new empty file, testiplocal, of 0 length in your home directory, which (as root), you can then delete. Its creation will prove that ip-up.local executed, and the contents of /home/<username>/dampsquib will show any messages generated by firestarter. If all this eventually works, then we may need to think about creating an ip-down.local which will terminate firestarter until it is next needed, ... but it feels like tempting fate to go into that now.
Incidentally, where, how or what calls Netscape up. Can't find where it is called from.
I do not make much use of Netscape. I believe, however, that when you invoke Netscape the call is to /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape. That is a symlink to the shell script /usr/X11R6/bin/communicator, which contains a variety of tests and commands. To tell the truth, I have never bothered to get to the bottom of that script. That might be an interesting diversion for a rainy afternoon (then again it might not). I might be wrong about all this though. Regards, Geoff _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com