2003-12-17 18:24:58 +01:00
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tcping does a TCP connect to the given ip/port combination.
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The user can specify a timeout in seconds.
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This is useful in shell scripts running in firewalled environments.
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Often SYNs are just being dropped by firewalls,
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thus connection establishment will be retried several times
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(for minutes) until a TCP timeout is reached.
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With tcping it is possible to check first if the desired port
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is reachable and then start connection establishment.
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Author: Marc Kirchner <mail(at)marc(dash)kirchner(dot)de>
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2004-12-15 04:41:46 +01:00
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WWW: http://www.linuxco.de/tcping/tcping.html
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