# Dialup connection **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [17 December 2002 08:25 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/dialup-connection/3656 "2002-12-17T08:25:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gustav\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@Gustav\_G](https://rubytalk.org/u/Gustav_G)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2002 08:25 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/dialup-connection/3656/1 "2002-12-17T08:25:12Z")
Hi there, is there any possibility to close a dialup connection with ruby automatically? Thanks a lot ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_Matsumoto2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_Matsumoto2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Yukihiro_Matsumoto2)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2002 08:29 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/dialup-connection/3656/2 "2002-12-17T08:29:24Z")
Hi, > **···** > > In message “dialup connection” on 02/12/17, “Gustav G.” [gaga6@gmx.de](mailto:gaga6@gmx.de) writes: > > > is there any possibility to close a dialup connection with ruby > > automatically? > > On my machine (linux), I use: > > system “poff” > matz. ---
**Author:** ![Gustav\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@Gustav\_G](https://rubytalk.org/u/Gustav_G)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2002 08:45 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/dialup-connection/3656/3 "2002-12-17T08:45:15Z")
Thanks for the answer, but I’m using a Windows 2000 system. “Yukihiro Matsumoto” [matz@ruby-lang.org](mailto:matz@ruby-lang.org) schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:1040113762.972927.24896.nullmailer@picachu.netlab.jp… > **···** > > > Hi, > > > > In message “dialup connection” \> on 02/12/17, “Gustav G.” [gaga6@gmx.de](mailto:gaga6@gmx.de) writes: > > > > > is there any possibility to close a dialup connection with ruby > > > automatically? > > > > On my machine (linux), I use: > > > > system “poff” > > matz. ---
**Author:** ![Shashank\_Date3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@Shashank\_Date3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Shashank_Date3)\ **Post date:** [18 December 2002 01:08 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/dialup-connection/3656/4 "2002-12-18T01:08:02Z")
“Yukihiro Matsumoto” [matz@ruby-lang.org](mailto:matz@ruby-lang.org) wrote in message > On my machine (linux), I use: Just out of curiosity, what Linux do you use Matz ? Always wondered what the “production machine” looked like … ---
**Author:** ![WATANABE\_Hirofumi1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@WATANABE\_Hirofumi1](https://rubytalk.org/u/WATANABE_Hirofumi1)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2002 09:07 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/dialup-connection/3656/5 "2002-12-17T09:07:17Z")
“Gustav G.” [gaga6@gmx.de](mailto:gaga6@gmx.de) writes: > Thanks for the answer, but I’m using a Windows 2000 system. system “rasdial /disconnect” Look here: [http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/rasdial.asp](http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/rasdial.asp) > **···** > > – > eban ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_Matsumoto2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_Matsumoto2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Yukihiro_Matsumoto2)\ **Post date:** [18 December 2002 03:39 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/dialup-connection/3656/6 "2002-12-18T03:39:33Z")
Hi, > **···** > > In message “Re: dialup connection” on 02/12/18, “Shashank Date” [sdate@kc.rr.com](mailto:sdate@kc.rr.com) writes: > > > > On my machine (linux), I use: > > > > Just out of curiosity, what Linux do you use Matz ? > > Always wondered what the “production machine” looked like … > > Debian GNU/Linux on Panasonic CF-B5ER notebook with a trackball. > > ``` > matz. > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![Gavin\_Sinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gavin\_Sinclair](https://rubytalk.org/u/Gavin_Sinclair)\ **Post date:** [18 December 2002 05:18 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/dialup-connection/3656/7 "2002-12-18T05:18:42Z")
> Hi, > > > > On my machine (linux), I use: > > > > Just out of curiosity, what Linux do you use Matz ? > > Always wondered what the “production machine” looked like … > > Debian GNU/Linux on Panasonic CF-B5ER notebook with a trackball. > > matz. Wow! Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those…! 😉 Gavin > **···** > > From: “Yukihiro Matsumoto” [matz@ruby-lang.org](mailto:matz@ruby-lang.org) > > > In message “Re: dialup connection” \> on 02/12/18, “Shashank Date” [sdate@kc.rr.com](mailto:sdate@kc.rr.com) writes: ---
**Author:** ![Mauricio\_Fernndez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Mauricio\_Fernndez](https://rubytalk.org/u/Mauricio_Fernndez)\ **Post date:** [18 December 2002 09:06 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/dialup-connection/3656/8 "2002-12-18T09:06:23Z")
NOOOOOOO! I just quit Slashdot cause it was destroying my productivity and it follows me here! How long before I read “In (soviet) Russia Ruby compiles YOU”!?! 😛 [http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/klee/misc/slashdot.html](http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/klee/misc/slashdot.html) Is [http://slashdot.jp](http://slashdot.jp) so horrible? BTW, Debian rulez 😉 > **···** > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 02:18:42PM +0900, Gavin Sinclair wrote: > > > From: “Yukihiro Matsumoto” [matz@ruby-lang.org](mailto:matz@ruby-lang.org) > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > In message “Re: dialup connection” \> \> on 02/12/18, “Shashank Date” [sdate@kc.rr.com](mailto:sdate@kc.rr.com) writes: > > > > > > > > On my machine (linux), I use: > > > > > > > > Just out of curiosity, what Linux do you use Matz ? > > > > Always wondered what the “production machine” looked like … > > > > > > Debian GNU/Linux on Panasonic CF-B5ER notebook with a trackball. > > > > > > matz. > > > > Wow! Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those…! 😉 > > – > \_ \_ > > > > \_\_ \_\_ _| |_ \_\_\_ \_ \_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_ \_ \_ \_\_ > > > '\_ \ / _`| __/__ | '_` \_ \ / ` | ’ \ > > > ) | (| | |_\_\_ \ | | | | | (_| | | | | > > > .\_\_/ \_,_|\ __|__ /| |_| |_|\__,_|_| |\_| > > > Running Debian GNU/Linux Sid (unstable) > > > batsman dot geo at yahoo dot com > > Linux: Where Don’t We Want To Go Today? > – Submitted by Pancrazio De Mauro, paraphrasing some well-known sales talk