Re: fping and ping problems

[Alejandro González Hernández - Imoq <imoq imoqland com>]

Hal Burgiss wrote:
> 
> So anyway, seeing that the included ping seems to return a useful
> return code now, I'd like to script with that.

from "man ping":

     This program is intended for use in network testing, measurement
and man­
     agement.  Because of the load it can impose on the network, it is
unwise
     to use ping during normal operations or from automated scripts.

Anyway, we use it all the time, don't we? :)

Alex.