[Tutor] Calling out to check on a server

[McCarney, James Alexander]

Hail Pythonistas universal and triumphant,

I seem to recall that there is a way (script) to check a server to see if it
is alive. Maybe Vaults of Parnassus, but I didn't see it when I checked.

Is anyone aware of something like that? Does anyone have something (code,
tips, urls, whatever) they could share?

My platform Wind*** 2000; IIS server residing on another machine. Py 2.2

Any help at all would be most appreciated! ;-)

James Alexander McCarney, technical writer, (450) 928-3386 x2262 
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