For tell(fd) use lseek(fd,0,SEEK_CUR), and make sure you
	include <unistd.h>.

	(No idea on the pppd question :)

		David/abs	david@{mono.org,southern.com,mhm-internet.com}

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On Sun, 10 Nov 1996, Michael Hendrick wrote:

> While not a programmer I can usually manage to get most programs to
> compile under NetBSD, but I'm stumped on the following line from an older
> bbs program:
> 
>     while (loc = tell (fd), read (fd, (char *) &ut, sizeof ut) > 0)
> 
> Apparently there is no function 'tell' in NetBSD.  If someone could offer
> another way to write this, I would appreciate it.
> 
> Second question is whether or not it is possible to use the demand-dial
> option for pppd when you get a different _remote_ ip address on each
> connection.  I tried putting my ISP's gateway (their router) ip# as the
> remote ip in the options file, but pppd complains it can't negotiate that
> address and exits.
> 
> -- 
>     mlh@b2.org
> (Michael Hendrick)
>