Script-only dialup scripts anybody?

[Tim Writer]

William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> writes:

> On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 02:39:50AM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:

[lots of stuff about wvdial bloatware deleted]

> Although doable, there is no need for Bash script.  In my Slackware-9.1
> machine, there is 'ppp-2.4.1' package which contains 'chat' which will
> talk with the modem.  I can only assume that it's part of standard
> ppp-2.4.1 software.  So, download the latest 'ppp' source, and compile.

FYI, chat has been part of ppp (on Linux) for a long time.  Wvdial was
introduced along with the "modern" graphical desktops to provide an "easy to
use" interface to ppp.  It's never been a necessary component.

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