Subj : Re: test a computer presence on the network in C
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Mon Oct 04 2004 05:29 pm

Fabrice Bentejac LM2S enlightened us with:
> I'd like to test, inside a C program, whether a computer is present
> on the network (equivalent to a "ping" command.  What could I use to
> do that?

Ehm... ping?

Sybren
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