On Sat, 10 May 1997, xiamin wrote:

> I am trying to write a script that, when pppd does down, kills sendmail.
> here is the script:
> #!/bin/sh
> if [ -f /var/run/sendmail.pid ] 
> then
>     PID="/usr/bin/head -1 /var/run/sendmail.pid"
>     kill ${PID}
> fi

#!/bin/sh
if [ -f /var/run/sendmail.pid ]
then
    read PID < /var/run/sendmail.pid
    kill $PID
fi

Might be better.  It works for me without the side effects you mention.

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Steve Carlson
stevec@accessone.com