pingwait

pingwait

pingwait continuously ping a IP address until it either times out, or receives a reply. This is useful for running a command once a server comes online.

Usage

Example usage: pingwait -t 10 1.1.1.1

-t Optional argument specifying the amount of seconds before pingwait times out. Defaults to never timing out.

Exit codes

0: Received reply
1: Invalid argument specified
2: Timeout was reached
50: Internal error

Note

This command has to either be run as root or have the capability CAP_NET_RAW. The capability can be given to pingwait by running setcap cap_net_raw=+ep pingwait