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theblop · 11-07-2010, 09:57 PM

Hi,

Any idea how I can run a script when wifi is started via the kindle interface?

The kindle 3 comes with rsync (which even works fine with dropbear/ssh) and it would be great to rsync a book collection automatically from a server when the wifi connection is turned on (not with wan/3g though!)

There is a /etc/network/if-up.d/ directory on the kindle, but I don't know if it is used after booting. The wifi connection seems to be controlled via the /usr/sbin/wifid process which runs as a daemon, and probably ignores the /etc/network/*/ scripts (I haven't tried it though!).

Anyone has an idea about how to achieve that?

Thanks!

11-07-2010, 09:57 PM	#1
theblop Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: kindle 3	Kindle 3: run script when turning wifi on? Hi, Any idea how I can run a script when wifi is started via the kindle interface? The kindle 3 comes with rsync (which even works fine with dropbear/ssh) and it would be great to rsync a book collection automatically from a server when the wifi connection is turned on (not with wan/3g though!) There is a /etc/network/if-up.d/ directory on the kindle, but I don't know if it is used after booting. The wifi connection seems to be controlled via the /usr/sbin/wifid process which runs as a daemon, and probably ignores the /etc/network/*/ scripts (I haven't tried it though!). Anyone has an idea about how to achieve that? Thanks!