On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Christo Rademeyer wrote: > if I use the system call like this > system ("ping localhost > pinginfo"); > But in linux this will keep on going how can I set up a time on that ?
Use the -n option to give it a set number of times it pings: system("ping -n 20 localhsot > pinginfo"); -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hope not, lest ye be disappointed. -- M. Horner -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]