pinging in python?

[Volucris]

OK, you said simple:

#on win32 (WinMe at least)
import os
comp = 'www.python.org'
ping = os.popen('ping %s' % comp).read()[-8:-4]
print ping


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<deltapigz at telocity.com> wrote in message
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> could anyone point out to a simple code of pinging a computer;
> just toping it and get the results; nothing fancy.
>
> i have found source codes along the line but its all too overwhelming,
> and im still a complete newbie despite my half decent understanding of
> python.
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> Adonis
>