Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 22:26:50 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: BSD Freak <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ping failure script Message-ID: <20011216222248.K12124-100000@catalyst.sasknow.net> In-Reply-To: <20011216201931.E15624@blossom.cjclark.org>
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Crist J . Clark wrote to Ryan Thompson: > > ping will only fail if no replies are received. > > The above example could use some better input error handling, > > but otherwise, it should do what you want. > > Nope, ping(1) will never die if it doesn't get the responses. You need > to add the '-w' option. Something like, > > PING="/sbin/ping -q -c 3 -w 10" > > Should do it. Which ping are you using? ping in 4.4 doesn't appear to support -w. When I (very briefly) tested this code, it timed out after about 30 seconds and returned a failure. - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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