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Forum => newLISP and the O.S. => Topic started by: Sleeper on December 15, 2006, 11:31:07 AM

Title: net-ping error
Post by: Sleeper on December 15, 2006, 11:31:07 AM
Hi all!

I get an error with net-ping.



newLISP v.9.0.9 on Win32, execute 'newlisp -h' for more info.

> (net-ping "www.google.com")

invalid function : (net-ping "www.google.com")


what's wrong with it?
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Post by: Sammo on December 15, 2006, 12:04:31 PM
From the manual: "This function is only available on UNIX-based systems and must be run in superuser mode."
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Post by: Sleeper on December 15, 2006, 12:20:37 PM
right. thanks Sammo!

i didn't notice it
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Post by: cormullion on December 15, 2006, 12:29:31 PM

(net-lookup "www.google.com")
"64.233.183.99"


Any use?







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