From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 25 15:43:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.atl.bellsouth.net (mail1.atl.bellsouth.net [205.152.0.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F61B14C59 for ; Sat, 25 Sep 1999 15:43:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from allenc@mindsieve.com) Received: from spamer_death (adsl-77-225-87.atl.bellsouth.net [216.77.225.87]) by mail1.atl.bellsouth.net (3.3.2/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA10711 for ; Sat, 25 Sep 1999 18:39:01 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990925184302.008076f0@mindsieve.com> X-Sender: allenc@mindsieve.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 18:43:02 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Allen Cleveland Subject: changing ping output Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'd like to ping an ip address, but only see output when the address *doesn't* return a reply, and I'd also like to have the times a reply *isn't* returned timestamped. I just read ping(8) and I don't see a way to turn off the output of replies and only see packets that didn't get a reply, nor do I see a way to timestamp any of the output. I want to use this to tell me when my connection fails, even if I'm not sitting at the computer. If there is a better way, using another command, or anyone has any ideas in general, I'd very much appreciate your input. -- Allen Cleveland allenc@mindsieve.com There is no try. Do, or do not do, but no try. -Yoda To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message