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#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
-*) echo "
Usage: pon [provider] [arguments]
If pon is invoked without arguments, a PPP connection will be started
using settings from /etc/ppp/peers/provider. If you specify one argument,
a PPP connection will be started using settings from the appropriate
file in the /etc/ppp/peers/ directory, and any additional arguments
supplied will be passed as extra arguments to pppd.
"
exit 0
;;
esac
if [ -z "$1" -a ! -f /etc/ppp/peers/provider ]; then
echo "
Please configure /etc/ppp/peers/provider or use a command line argument to
use another file in /etc/ppp/peers/ directory.
"
exit 1
fi
if [ "$1" -a ! -f "/etc/ppp/peers/$1" ]; then
echo "
The file /etc/ppp/peers/$1 does not exist.
"
exit 1
fi
exec /usr/sbin/pppd call ${@:-provider}