[REBOL] Re: just "ping"
From: g:santilli:tiscalinet:it at: 16-Aug-2002 13:41
Hi Ken,
On Friday, August 16, 2002, 9:10:47 AM, you wrote:
KC> That's all I want, for now. It's not in the library, it's not built in,
KC> and it's not in any examples in the docs, unless I'm missing something?
The ICMP protocol is not a user protocol, so REBOL does not handle
it; if you want more detailed reasons, or just want to complain
about it, please contact RT.
KC> want to be able to enter an ip address, and see if I can get an echo response
KC> (or anything similar) from that machine.
Both TCP and UDP provide standard echo ports. That service is
usually disabled on most servers (for obvious reasons), but
servers will have ICMP echo disabled too in most cases; so, you
may want to try something like:
>> port: open/no-wait tcp://target.machine:7
>> insert port "PING"
>> copy port
== "PING"
>> close port
KC> Is that too much to ask rebol to do?
Well, you've got the ping command, what is reinventing the wheel
useful for? <evil grin> ;-)
Regards,
Gabriele.
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Gabriele Santilli <[g--santilli--tiscalinet--it]> -- REBOL Programmer
Amigan -- AGI L'Aquila -- REB: http://web.tiscali.it/rebol/index.r
