From: Dave McDonald (unix_man@sympatico.ca)
Date: Thu Jul 25 2002 - 11:55:14 EDT
Thanks for the responses, the below syntax is what was needed for the script.
>
>
> > ping -s 127.0.0.1 64 3
> PING 127.0.0.1: 64 data bytes
> 72 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms
> 72 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms
> 72 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2. time=0. ms
>
> ----127.0.0.1 PING Statistics----
> 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 0/0/0
> >
>
> It works. You have to specify the data size, which wasn't immediately
> clear from the man page. If you do the above, does something different
> happen on your Solaris 8 box?
>
> Rob
>
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Rob McCauley
> Radiation Oncology
> Duke University Medical Center
>
> On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Dave McDonald wrote:
>
> > The count doen not work, and the version of ping from Solaris is not the best and lacke functionality.
> >
> >
> > >>
> > > man page for ping shows
> > >
> > > /usr/sbin/ping -s [ -l | -U ] [ -adlLnrRv ] [
> > > -A addr_family ] [ -c traffic_class ] [ -g gateway [ -g
> > > gateway ... ] ] [ -F flow_label ] [ -I interval ] [
> > > -i interface ] [ -P tos ] [ -p port ] [ -t ttl ] host [
> > > data_size ] [ count ]
> > >
> > >
> > > Nick Boyce
> > > Systems Administrator
> > > Tradelink, LLC
> > > 200 W. Jackson Blvd., suite 2300
> > > Chicago, IL 60606
> > >
> > > On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Dave McDonald wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a script that will ping a device and displays all the stats.
> > > >
> > > > 64 bytes from host (1.1.1.1): icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms
> > > > 64 bytes from host (10..1.1.1): icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms
> > > > ^C
> > > >
> > > > How can I send only 3 pings or how can I implement a ^C into the script so it
> > > > will display the results and move on to the next test in the same script?
> > > >
> > > > When I look for a count in the ping that came with Solaris 8, there isn't one.
> > > > Thanks
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