"Rob" <rob2@siklos.ca> wrote in
<0d1001c352b5$3e6328f0$6c0aa8c0@adexainc.com>
in gmane.os.cygwin on Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:01:28 -0400:
> 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