i> What's wrong with your example is that it doesn't do anything even > resembling what he wants. Sending a single echo request is not the > same as sending echo requests for as long as it takes to get a > response, > and then exiting successfully. He even gave you an example of how one > would use this option, so you shouldn't be confused.
And what is wrong with your useless reply is the fact that I can easily revise my alternative by enclosing in a simple shell loop and say a "sorry" to the original sender but you guarantee to get the best moron award by replying like this. I appreciate your vulgar vocabulary. Nickolay, sorry for the first bad reply. Here's the revised alternative: while ! `ping -q -c1 example.com >/dev/null`; do .; done
