continuous ping from mainframe
Can I do a continuous ping from an IBM mainframe z/OS.
I can do nnnn iterations, but I want to do a continuus ping.
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ASKED:
July 22, 2009 5:05 PM
UPDATED:
January 22, 2010 4:52 PM
Answer Wiki:
Try <b>ping host -t </b>
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z/OS documentation says:
<b>ping host (count 0</b>
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<pre>
SYNTAX
>>-- PING--.- host_name--.----------------.-.-----------------------><
| '-| ( Options |-' |
|- Help--------------------------|
'- ?-----------------------------'
Options:
<---------------------------<
|---.-.--------------------.--.--------------------------------------|
| '-Addrtype-.-ipv4-.--' |
| '-ipv6-' |
| .-Count 1--------. |
|-'-.------------.-'------|
| '<b>-Count echo-</b>' |
|-.----------------.------|
| '-Intf interface-' |
| '-Intf interface-' |
| .-Length 256-------. |
|-'-.--------------.-'----|
| '-Length bytes-' |
|-.-------------.---------|
| '-Srcip srcip-' |
|-.-------------.---------|
| '-TCP tcpname-' |
| .-Timeout 10----------. |
'-'-.-----------------.-'-'
'-Timeout seconds-'
Count echo
Sets the number of echo requests that are sent to the host.
If you do not specify the Count parameter, the default of 1 is
used. If echo is not specified, an error occurs. The echo
value must be between 0 and 2(31) -1, which is 2 147 483 647.
If echo is 0, the PING command sends echo requests
continually. To stop the PING command, press PA1 key. -
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I think Troy is correct. Although it looks like a typo, that’s the correct syntax. Specifying a count of 0 willl make it send echo requests continually.
Also, you could try:
to see available options.