> Message: 24 > Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:51:22 -0600 > From: "Harley D. Eades III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: shell script doesnot executing > To: Anirban Adhikary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 11:23 +0530, Anirban Adhikary wrote: > > Hi guys > > This is Anirban here. I have the problem again with the previous shell > > script.Which was > > Write a shell script that will check whether a server is up or not(on ping) > > & log the report to a file. > > > > I have tried to write the program in the following way > > > > #! /bin/sh > > echo -n "Enter the IP or Hostname of the Server" > > read host > > #echo $host > > ping -c2 $host &>file2 > > if [ $? = 0 ];then > The problem is you're checking the exit status of ping, even if the host > is down ping is exiting with a successful status. You need to use sed > or awk or something similiar to test for replys.
That is false. ping exits with a true result code if at least one ICMP reply is received, false otherwise. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
