On Thu, 31 May 2001, Noam Meltzer wrote: > Well guys thank you all... but that what i really didn't want... sctipts > i can write my self. > What i really wanted is to find out if you can get what the ping binary > in solaris does not a scripts to emulate it. > Is there such a tool for linux? a script _is_ a tool. what is the problem iwth writing this script and installing it somewhere on the system? if yo want, you can turn this into a one-line perl script given to perl on the command line. there is no difference between that and a binary program. btw, the way 'ping' behaves on linux by edfault is more useful then the way it does on solaris (i.e. 'host is alive'? that's much less useful then what 'ping -s' gives you on solaris). btw, why do _you_ think the output on solaris is better then on linux? for customer support via the phone? then tel the user to type 'ping -c 1' and read the output to you. -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
