[5712] in Athena Bugs
vax 7.1H: ping
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (brlewis@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Aug 13 13:51:28 1990
From: brlewis@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 90 13:51:12 EDT
System name: orthanc
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 7.1H (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
Check the exit status
What's wrong:
Ping returns zero status even on 100% packet loss:
% /etc/ping gorgona 56 1
PING gorgona.MIT.EDU: 56 data bytes
----gorgona.MIT.EDU PING Statistics----
1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
% echo $status
0
What should have happened:
It should have returned non-zero status.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
ping(1)
