Tom Van Looy wrote on 28 May 2008 11:12: > Hi > > /usr/bin/ping does not return the correct return code on ping failure. > See example below, the .8 host does not exist, .9 does exist: > > $ ping 56 1 192.168.20.9 > /dev/null ; echo $? > 0 > $ ping 56 1 192.168.20.8 > /dev/null ; echo $? > 0
> I didn't look into the ping source, so no diff ... Didn't read the --help, either, as far as I can see. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/