simple ping program

[Bengt Richter]

On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:28:01 +0200, Joerg Woelke <lumbricus at gmx.net> wrote:
>$ wget http://www.python.org/~jeremy/ping.tar.gz
>--14:26:55--  http://www.python.org:80/%7Ejeremy/ping.tar.gz
>           => `ping.tar.gz'
>Verbindungsaufbau zu www.python.org:80... verbunden!
>HTTP Anforderung gesendet, warte auf Antwort... 404 Not Found
>14:26:56 FEHLER 404: Not Found.
>
>:-(
>
Oops, that previous url was perl.
Try http://the-tech.mit.edu/~jeremy/python/ping.tar.gz

Hm ... I wonder why am I googling for people who probably can do it for themselves??