aploogies for the simple question

[Scunningham99]

i am trying to get ping command in script to work. i wish to test the result either 1 or 0 for success.

However whenever i try and put the command in ` ` it does not understand. the host i am trying to ping is called oracle.

neither work

#!/bin/ksh

test `ping oracle`

echo $1

or -----------------------------------------------

#!/bin/ksh

[`ping oracle`]

echo $1

ping oracle works fine, however i want to test he condition. Does anyone know where i am going wrong!!

Any help would be greatly appreciated..

Sy

 

[KenCunningham]

Sy, you should be using $? rather than $1 to test the result.

 

[KenCunningham]

.....and test the result, rather than your command, ie:

ping oracle
result=$?

if [ result = 1 ]
then
echo 'ping failed'
else
echo 'ping succeeded'
fi

Might work?

 

[KenCunningham]

Sorry, make [ result = 1 ]

[ $result = 1 ]

Doh!

 

[Scunningham99]

cheers typo dont know ehy i was using a 1...

thanks for ur help ken