On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:50:09 +0200, Thomas Dybdahl Ahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Den Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:24:34 +0200 skrev Michal 'vorner' Vaner: >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 08:30:16AM +0200, Thomas Dybdahl Ahle wrote: > >>> Do anybody know how to do this in python? > >> You need root for that and the ping command is allowed to have them by >> suid bit. You can execute ping from inside python and use ping as is, if >> you need. > > Yeah, I could execute ping, but it would lock me harder to the platform.
True; Linux ping and Solaris ping have incompatible flags and output. I even believe several implementations are in use on Linux. Then add Windows to the mix ... -Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu \X/ snipabacken.dyndns.org> R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list