[ILUG] online timer prog (console)

[Johno Sullivan]

Ummm, I don't think this'll work - you could just do
echo -e "Online since "`date` >/dev/tty12
and you'd get the same thing - or just write the time on a postit

how about

#!/bin/sh
MINSONLINE=0
while true; do
sleep 60
if test -e /var/run/ppp0.pid 
then MINSONLINE=`echo $MINSONLINE+1 | bc -l`
fi
echo "minutes online: "$MINSONLINE >/dev/tty12
done

I'll bet theres a nicer way of incrementing shell variables but this'll do

johno

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Kenn Humborg wrote:

>#!/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.