wmppp.app(1)

📦 version 1.3.2, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 wmppp — bestie's guide to watching your PPP line vibe 💖

okay so this is wmppp.app(1), a Debian GNU/Linux manual page, and honestly? it's giving "tiny window, big feelings." let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

wmppp — graphically monitor the average PPP load. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it beautifully 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

wmppp [OPTIONS]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so wmppp.app shows you a dynamic representation of the load on the PPP line on a tiny little 64x64 miniwindow. she's small but she's mighty, ok?

she also starts and stops the connection for you, and she displays the time enlapsed since it came up (yes, "enlapsed" — that's how the original spells it, and we love her for it, no cap).

and the traffic on the interface is also monitored. obsessed. truly. ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -display <display name> — the name of the display to use. tell her where to show up 💖
  • -geometry +XPOS+YPOS — initial window position. where she lands on screen, fr fr
  • -t — sets the on-line timer to display MM:SS instead of the default HH:MM. short and sweet mode 😌
  • -u <update rate> — sets the frequency, in seconds, for updates to the display. valid range is 1-10, and the default value is 5. don't be weird about it, stay in range bestie
  • -i <device> — choose the net device (ppp1, ippp0, etc.) to monitor.
⚠️ note that this feature is EXPERIMENTAL and should be used with caution. Bug reports are welcomed. so like... be careful, but also tell her if she glitches 🙈
  • -speed <cmd> — command to report connection speed 🏃‍♀️
  • -start <cmd> — command to connect 🌈
  • -stop <cmd> — command to disconnect 💀
  • -ifdown <cmd> — command to redial 📞
  • -stampfile <path> — file used to calculate uptime ⏰
  • -h — displays a command line summary. lil cheat sheet, iconic 👑
  • -v — displays the version number. know your queen's era 💜

🌟 CONFIGURATION 🌟

the configuration file (see below, babes) may contain any of the following key-value pairs. the format is key: value.

🚨 IMPORTANT: note that these values will be overwritten by the corresponding command line options. command line stays winning, periodt.
  • start — the program that starts the connection 🌸
  • stop — the program that stops the connection ✋
  • speed — this program reports the speed of the connection. this program should output <speed>, that is, a number is expected and not the whole... (yeah, the original sentence just trails off there. we're keeping it exactly as she is. mysterious queen behavior 💅)
  • ifdown — this program is run if the line goes down, and the stop program hasn't been run. (redial program) 📞
  • stampfile — the modification time of this file is used to calculate the amount of time the connection has been up. something like touch <stampfile> should be run for this to work ⏰

💜 FILES 💜

  • /var/run/wmppp.ppp0 — this is the stamp file use to determine the amount of time enlapsed since the connection came up. this file should be managed by the ip-up and ip-down scripts. on Debian systems, /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/00wmppp creates the file, and /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/00wmppp removes it 🫶
  • /etc/wmppprc — system wide defaults 🌈
  • $HOME/.wmppprc — user defined settings ✨
  • /etc/wmppprc.fixed — system wide fixed options, this overrides the user settings 👑

👑 AUTHORS 👑

wmppp.app was written by Martijn Pieterse <pieterse@xs4all.nl> and Antoine Nulle <warp@xs4all.nl>, and it's based on work by Beat Christen <bchriste@iiic.ethz.ch> (asclock) and Michael Callahan <callahan@maths.ox.ac.uk>, Al Longyear longyear@netcom.com and Paul Mackerras <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au> (pppstats). absolute legends, every single one 💖

email regarding wmppp should be sent to wmaker-dev@lists.windowmaker.org 📧

this manpage was written by Marcelo Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org for the Debian Project — (yes, the original is missing a closing >, and yes, we are preserving her exactly as she is. we don't fix, we cherish 🎀)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

pppd(8), pppstats(8), plog(1), pon(1), poff(1)

okay and that's the whole page bestie!! this was the Debian Project's wmppp.app(1), dated September 1998 💫 go forth and monitor that PPP load, you absolute main character 🦋💅✨

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