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==== Redirecting PING output to a variable (AREV Specific) ====
=== At 25 OCT 2000 10:09:23AM Wilhelm Schmitt wrote: ===
 
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For controlling our WAN connections (TCP/IP Server:NT4 Workstation:Win95) from within ARev, we use a simple RBasic routine that loops through the IP list with the command: 

PCPERFORM "ping 111.222.333.444 -n 1 ] ping.doc". 

After that the message stored in ping.doc is evaluated and displayed in a list.



a) Is it possible to load the result from PING directly into a variable, instead of passing through the DOS file write/read each time?

b) Is RBasic capable of pinging directly ???



TIA

Wilhelm
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=== At 25 OCT 2000 12:19PM matt sorrell wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Wilhelm,



Perhaps the only way I can think of to get the results of a ping directly into a variable would be by using the C bond for ARev.  This lets you write C routines, compile them, and call them from your R/Basic routines.  C has network libraries, so you could execute a ping, take the information, load it into a variable, and then pass it back to your R/Basic routine.



msorrel@greyhound.com

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