[lug] Unsuccessful Ping

[Nate Duehr]

ping -w (on versions that work anyway, the default ping in RH 6.2
doesn't work right) is useful for scripting when you're expecting
complete loss of the link also...

On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 10:03:51AM -0700, SoloCDM wrote:
> I'm using the following to check for an unsuccessful ping, but if
> the line is open and bottlenecked enough to return a hundred percent
> loss, then the ping will return a false identity.  Any suggestions?
> 
> ping -c 4 -R mail.aculink.net > search-opening-data 2>&1;
> MOKAY=`egrep -ie packets search-opening-data | gawk -F " " '{print
> $7}'`; if [ "${MOKAY}" = "100%" ]
> 
> 
> Ignore the omittance of the remaining "if" statement.
> 
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