Beginner Ping program
Bjoern Schliessmann
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Sun Apr 29 07:26:36 EDT 2007
Linus Cohen wrote:
> Actually the class ping bit is a placeholder.
But why is it one? "ping" is something you do -- and not a "thing"
of which you could have several copies.
> I'm actually developing a module with python implementations of
> most standard network/internet tools such as telnet, tracert,
> whois etc. It will be called inettools, and the ping function is
> what I'm working on first. It should be a simple enough job to
> code in the features the Unix and DOS ping programs have(never
> stop, change size, change timeout).
IIRC, MS ping has no "never stop", you can only say "repeat 99999
times".
Regards,
Björn
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