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From: arc@kaibab.wpd.sgi.com (Andrew Cherenson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Response from remote host
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Date: 8 Jun 91 01:43:11 GMT
References: <288*finn.drablos@sintef.no>
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In article <288*finn.drablos@sintef.no> finn.drablos@sintef.no (Finn Drablos) writes:
>A short and simple (?) question:
>How do I test, from within a shell script, whether a remote
>machine is responding to network requests or not?
>
>I guess that I am looking for something like ping, but
>according to the man page, ping should not be used in
>scripts ...
>
>Regards,
>
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>
>Finn Drablos                 PHONE +47 7 997710       FAX +47 7 997708
>MR-Senteret, UNIMED, SINTEF  drablos@marvin.mr.sintef.no
>N-7034 TRONDHEIM, NORWAY     finn.drablos@sintef.no 
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Try "rpcinfo -u HOST portmap" (see rpcinfo(1M) for details).