Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 11:03:15 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> To: Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.DIALix.COM> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new ping option Message-ID: <19970409110315.50432@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <860593860.311485@haywire.DIALix.COM>; from Peter Wemm on Wed, Apr 09, 1997 at 01:51:00PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970408210837.303B-100000@jg.dyn.ml.org> <860593860.311485@haywire.DIALix.COM>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Peter Wemm scribbled this message on Apr 9: > Well, how would the semantics work? Send a single ping, wait for a maximum > of 'n' seconds and return a status? There is a program called fping (now > a port) that already does this, and can do multiple machines at once. heh.. you don't need an program other than ping to do that... see: hydrogen,ttyp0,~/term.code,614$ping -c 1 -i 1 dad PING dad.nike.efn.org (192.168.0.4): 56 data bytes --- dad.nike.efn.org ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss hydrogen,ttyp0,~/term.code,615$echo $? 2 hydrogen,ttyp0,~/term.code,617$ping -c 1 -i 1 sob PING sob.nike.efn.org (192.168.0.2): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=2.450 ms --- sob.nike.efn.org ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 2.450/2.450/2.450 ms hydrogen,ttyp0,~/term.code,618$echo $? 0 -- John-Mark Cu Networking Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?19970409110315.50432>