Re: [tlug] Perform an action when network cable unplugged (and back in again)

[Attila Kinali <attila@example.com>]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:07:16 +0900
Jawaad Mahmood <jawaad.mahmood@example.com> wrote:

> > Does such a thing even exist?
> >
> >
> It does exist.
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10340145/get-event-for-nic-ethernet-card-link-status-on-linux
> 
> I don't have time to program it for you right now, but it seems one can
> handle netlink socket connections through python:
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4676866/how-can-i-use-a-netlink-socket-to-data-from-kernel-space-in-python
> 
> This looks promising at least..

Hmm.. i would have first looked whether udev gets an event. If it does,
then you can just use standard shell scripts instead of hooking into netlink.

			Attila Kinali

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