[ILUG] online timer prog (console)

[Kenn Humborg]

> Does anyone now of a simple timer program that i could run when
> pppd runs the ip-script and that I could check periodically to see how
> long I've been online. One that I could monitor with "watch", or that
> beeped the bell every X minutes would be handy. Or could this all be done
> in a script?

#!/bin/sh

STARTTIME=`date`

while [ -f /var/run/ppp0.pid ] ; do
   sleep 60
   echo -e '\a'Online since $STARTTIME > /dev/tty12
done

Start this in the background from /etc/ppp/ip-up.local.
I'm not 100% sure about the .pid file.  I'll check later
when I get home and post a correction if it's wrong.

Then hit Alt-F12 to see the output.

Later,
Kenn