How to ping in Python?

[Peter Hansen]

Nico Grubert wrote:
> I could not find any "ping" Class or Handler in python (2.3.5) to ping a 
> machine.
> I just need to "ping" a machine to see if its answering. What's the best 
> way to do it?

Either use something like os.system() to call the ping executable, or 
try using Google (e.g. "python ping" would have produced apparently 
useful results for you).

-Peter