Hi Ken,
If you know a port is open on a machine you can assume it is doen if you
cannot connect, you dont need any response beyond that a connection is
possible.
maybe these will help
>> either error? try[port: open/no-wait tcp://rebol.com:80]
["ahrgg"][close port "ping!"]
== "ping!"
Hi Ken,
On Tuesday, August 20, 2002, 6:31:39 AM, you wrote:
KBC> I get several seconds of nothing, then Cannot connect to (whatever).
As I said, that port is usally closed. If you have control on
those machines, you can turn the echo service on (but beware of
security risks - I'd ra
Thanks Gabriel. Sorry everybody... I'm just a wannabe programmer frustrated at my own
foibles. In response to pekr's point about no-can-do because of no root access on unix
(?), I'll just concede that ping is not what I need. I'll call it "hey", "yo",
"rebyo", "boo", "reboo", "psst", "ying", "z
