ping

[brandon.mcginty at gmail.com]

Try this:
<code>
import os
pinginfo=os.popen("ping www.google.com")
#opens file object with output of the ping to google
print pinginfo.read(-1)
#reads the ping information from the abuv file object
pinginfo.close()
#closes the pinginfo object, as you would do for a standard file object
</code>
Note that pinginfo is actually a file object, and as such, you must treat it
as you would any file you are reading to, readlines, read, etc.
HTH,
Brandon McGinty
 
 
 
 



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-----Original Message-----
From: python-list-bounces+brandon.mcginty=gmail.com at python.org
[mailto:python-list-bounces+brandon.mcginty=gmail.com at python.org] On Behalf
Of david brochu jr
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 5:04 PM
To: python-list at python.org
Subject: re: ping


Thanks,
 
Unfortunately substituting os.system with os.popen results in the output
being:

<open file 'ping HYPERLINK "http://www.google.com/" \nwww.google.com
', mode 'r' at 0x009C4650>
<open file 'ping HYPERLINK "http://www.boston.com/" \nwww.boston.com
', mode 'r' at 0x009C4650> 
<open file 'ping HYPERLINK "http://www.espn.com/" \nwww.espn.com
', mode 'r' at 0x009C4650> 
<open file 'ping HYPERLINK "http://www.redsox.com/" \nwww.redsox.com
', mode 'r' at 0x009C4650>
 
instead of giving me the ping stats "pinging etc etc, packets sent 4
recienved 4 etc)
 
Any idea around this?
 



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