Function: ping

ping is an autoloaded, interactive and byte-compiled function defined in net-utils.el.gz.

Signature

(ping HOST)

Documentation

Ping HOST.

If your system's ping continues until interrupted, you can try setting ping-program-options.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 20.3.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/net/net-utils.el.gz
;;;###autoload
(defun ping (host)
  "Ping HOST.
If your system's ping continues until interrupted, you can try setting
`ping-program-options'."
  (interactive
   (list (read-from-minibuffer "Ping host: " (net-utils-machine-at-point))))
  (let ((options
	 (if ping-program-options
	     (append ping-program-options (list host))
	   (list host))))
    (net-utils-run-program
     (concat "Ping" " " host)
     (concat "** Ping ** " ping-program " ** " host)
     ping-program
     options)))