pingIP
by Tim C. Lueth, SG-Lib Toolbox: SolidGeometry 5.6 - CODING/DEVELOP
Introduced first in SolidGeometry 5.3, Creation date: 2023-03-13, Last change: 2025-09-15
sends a single ping within one second to check the reachability of FTP server
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Example Illustration
Syntax
isreachable=pingIP([IP,tt])
Input Parameter
IP: | | IP address |
tt: | | timeout time; default is 1 second |
Output Parameter
isreachable: | | true if a response was found |
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Algorithm (Workflow)
This algorithm is designed to check the reachability of an FTP server by sending a single ping to a specified IP address. It is part of the SolidGeometry library and was introduced in version 5.3.
Input Parameters
- IP: The IP address of the server to ping. If not provided, the default is '129.187.200.238'.
- tt: The timeout time in seconds for the ping response. The default value is 1 second.
Output Results
- isreachable: A boolean value that is true if the server responds to the ping within the specified timeout.
Algorithm Steps
- Retrieve the IP address and timeout time from the input parameters using the
getfuncparams function. If not provided, use the default values.
- Check the operating system. If it is macOS, construct a ping command using the specified IP and timeout.
- Execute the ping command using the
system function and capture the output.
- Determine if the server is reachable by checking if the output contains the phrase '1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received'.
- If the operating system is not macOS, assume the server is reachable by default.
- If there are no output arguments, print a message indicating whether the server is responding within the specified timeout.
Algorithm explaination created using ChatGPT on 2025-08-19 00:37. (Please note: No guarantee for the correctness of this explanation)
Last html export of this page out of FM database by TL: 2025-09-21