The only trick with this approach is knowing how to parse the output from all the supported platforms/versions to return the up/down indicator. If we simply want to return the output from ping, this is a rather simple way to meet that goal. What does the OP want to see the plugin return?
Axton Grams On Feb 1, 2008 1:56 AM, William H. Will Du Chene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not circumvent the entire issue, and use "popen" and the existing ping > binary? It's in stdio.h. > > That would eliminate the need for a shell script wrapper, allow for the > development of a plugin within C, and make use of the existing ping binary > which has already been designed to do the job... Best part - no root-ski > required. > > -- > > > Will Du Chene > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.myspace.com/wduchene > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
