ping_send - Send ICMP echo requests to all associated hosts and wait for ICMP
echo responses to arrive
#include <oping.h>
int ping_send (pingobj_t *obj);
The ping_send method is the actual workhorse of this library. It crafts
ICMP packets for the hosts associated with obj and sends them via the
corresponding sockets. It then waits for echo responses and receives them,
writing latency information for each host. The method returns after all echo
replies have been read or the timeout (set with ping_setopt(3)) is
reached.
After this function returns you will most likely iterate over all
hosts using ping_iterator_get(3) and ping_iterator_next (described in
the same manual page) and call ping_iterator_get_info(3) on each
host.
ping_send returns the number of echo replies received or a value less
than zero if an error occurred. Use ping_get_error(3) to receive an
error message.
ping_construct(3), ping_setopt(3), ping_iterator_get(3),
ping_iterator_get_info(3), ping_get_error(3), liboping(3)
liboping is written by Florian "octo" Forster <octo at
verplant.org>. Its homepage can be found at
<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
Copyright (c) 2005-2011 by Florian "octo" Forster.