On 02/13/2013 05:47 PM, James Hogarth wrote: > > > > And you still get "Host is up" but, of course, the service you want isn't.... > > > Err read the man page? -Pn assumes the host is up (skips the initial ping in case something drops that when you are interested in a port) so it will say the host is up in that case - but we don't care about the host being up... we want the service so you need to parse the service output. > > My point being, grepping for "Host is up" doesn't fill the bill. You're saying what I said....just differently. I still prefer tcping since there is no need to grep or awk anything. Or worry about text being changed in a later release. Just rely on exit status. -- Don't be bullied by the judgmental grammar and spelling police. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
