[PLUG] Can I make a link happen automatically?

[John Jordan]

On 7 Mar 2006, at 23:37, Aaron Ten Clay wrote:

> You could create a script to run both commands, or (not being a gnome
> user I don't know for sure) it may be possible to separate multiple
> commands with a semicolon.

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it and it's half working. I edited 
the launch command in the drop-down applications by adding the 
link command in front, follwed by a semicolon, then the launch 
command. When I tried it all I got was "firefox is loading," then the 
message disappeared and nothing launched. 

So then I thought I'd try it from the command line, because that 
usually gives a bunch of error messages. But strangely, it launched 
from the command line. Assuming maybe I made a typo in the 
menu editor, I went back to the menu editor and copied and pasted 
exactly what the launch command was into the command line and 
it still worked in the command line. So evidently the menu editor 
(smeg) has issues with semicolons.

> Another way you could do this would be creating a cron job to run once
> a minute that checks the modification time of both files, and copies
> the resolver configuration into the chroot when it's stale.

I don't want to wait 60 seconds after booting before being able to 
get on the net. Can a cron job be run more often, like every five 
seconds or so? If so, would that be a drag on the system? I know 
nothing of cron, but I'll go check it out if this is a viable solution. I 
just don't want to bog down my computer. I read "man cron" but 
didn't understand more than a few words of it.

> A third option would be to investigate having your dhcp client update
> both files. Some of them can update multiple files, or be piped to a
> script which runs tee and gets both files modified. (dhcpcd is the one
> I'd investigate first)

This is over my head. I've heard of dhcp -- doesn't that have 
something to do with the connection? I know I have to specify 
"dhcp" in the choices in System > Administration > Networking. 
What is "your dhcp client"? I tried "man dhcpcd" and "man dhcp," 
but nada. Is dhcpcd something on my computer? Or on the 
connection end? Sorry I'm too dumb about this stuff.

Thanks for the suggestions.