Run script in OS X 10.6 on network connection. (like /etc/network/if-up.d/)

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Is there any way to run a script when a network interface comes up in Mac OS X? I've tried putting a script named ip-up in /etc/ppp but it doesn't seem to fire when I disconnect and reconnect to a wireless network. I'd prefer not to have to run a cron job to constantly check whether the network sta…

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A agent watching , and two network related .plist files under seems to work for me (in Mac OS X 10.8.4): I had previously only used , but there were cases where that wasn't enough.

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Run script in OS X 10.6 on network connection. (like /etc/network/if-up.d/)

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