ISUP
Section: CSLib Utilities (1)
Updated: April 03, 2002
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NAME
isup - Find out if a machine is up by trying a TCP/IP connection
SYNOPSIS
isup
host [ port ]
DESCRIPTION
isup
tries to create a TCP/IP connection to host (optionally on port
port, default is TCP 7, i.e. echo). If the machine is up (i.e.
the connection is accepted, or refused), then zero (success) is returned.
A non-zero error code is returned if the connection fails.
AUTHOR
getfn
was written by Alan Ford.
SEE ALSO
connect(3)
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