There are many examples using bash out there. A great how-to that explains the piece of the code: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/733418/how-can-i-write-a-linux-bash-script-that-tells-me-which-computer-are-on-in-my-l On Oct 24, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Joel Longanecker <joel.longanecker at gmail.com> wrote: > this sounds like a job for python. > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/316866/ping-a-site-in-python > > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Raymond Norton <admin at lctn.org> wrote: > I am googling for a ping program for Ubuntu that sends and email or audio alert if the ping request times out. Needs to run all the time rather than cycle every few minutes. > > Any ideas? > > -- > Raymond Norton > LCTN > 952.955.7766 > > Sent from My Desktop > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20131024/5e7b26e2/attachment.html>