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From:	"Rob" <rob2 AT siklos DOT ca>
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Subject:	Re: activating a dial-up connection from cygwin
Date:	Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:08:21 -0400
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sweet deal - that's perfect!

Thanks a million Sam.

Rob.

> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if there was any way to activate an existing windows 2000
> dial-up connection from the cygwin command line.
>
> The reason I want to know is because I have a shell script that
> automatically backs up files to a remote computer (which is only
accessible
> through a vpn connection).  Since I don't want to maintain the VPN
> connection all the time, I need a way to start it up (and possibly shut it
> down) from the command line.

Try typing
rasdial /help
from a command line.

It's a built-in in NT, 2k and (I think) XP and works fine for me from
CMD.EXE or bash.

There's a freeware (or perhaps shareware) version available for 9x/Me
as well. You'll have to Google for that.

Regards,
-- 
Sam Edge

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