Re: [newbie] script: host available??

[Claus Atzenbeck]

On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, flupke wrote:

> I think a "ping -c 1 hostname >/dev/null 2>&1" should do it.

Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for!

Regards,
Claus.

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