On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:26:43 -0700, ScottZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > if os.name == "nt": # Windows > pcmd = "ping -n 1 -w 1000 " > else: # *nix > pcmd = "ping -c1 -W1 "
Not really correct. Unfortunately there are many variants of ping for Unix, and they don't take the same flags. In Solaris, for example, -c is not a count, and -W doesn't seem to exist at all. If I recall correctly, you can't even count on Linux installations to have compatible pings. Too bad that you cannot easily implement ping in your program -- it needs extra privileges in order to handle ICMP. /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu \X/ snipabacken.se> R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
