RE: ping

[brandon.mcginty]

Title: Message

Try this:

<code>

import os

pinginfo=os.popen("ping www.google.com")

#opens file object with output of the ping to google

print pinginfo.read(-1)

#reads the ping information from the abuv file object

pinginfo.close()

#closes the pinginfo object, as you would do for a standard file object

</code>

Note that pinginfo is actually a file object, and as such, you must treat it as you would any file you are reading to, readlines, read, etc.

HTH,

Brandon McGinty

 

 

 

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of david brochu jr
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 5:04 PM
To: python-list@python.org
Subject: re: ping

Thanks,

 

Unfortunately substituting os.system with os.popen results in the output being:

<open file 'ping www.google.com
', mode 'r' at 0x009C4650>
<open file 'ping www.boston.com
', mode 'r' at 0x009C4650>
<open file 'ping www.espn.com
', mode 'r' at 0x009C4650>
<open file 'ping www.redsox.com
', mode 'r' at 0x009C4650>
 

instead of giving me the ping stats "pinging etc etc, packets sent 4 recienved 4 etc)

 

Any idea around this?
 

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