how do I run fetchmail only if the laptop is connected?(ubuntu)

[Kevin Cozens]

Peter Smerdon wrote:
> However on my ubuntu laptop there is no such file /etc/network/ifstate,
> I am not sure if it is because I am using NetworkManager or because it
> simply does not exist in ubuntu. So, I just need to know how to tell if
> either wlan0 or eth0 is up. Any advice? 

You could always parse the output of ifconfig for wlan0 and eth0. If you can't 
find the string "UP" in one of them, you don't have a network connection.

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