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pingecho

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pingecho(host, timeout=5, service="echo") public

Return true if we can open a connection to the hostname or IP address host on port service (which defaults to the "echo" port) waiting up to timeout seconds.

Example:

  require 'ping'

  Ping.pingecho "google.com", 10, 80

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# File lib/ping.rb, line 44
  def pingecho(host, timeout=5, service="echo")
    begin
      timeout(timeout) do
        s = TCPSocket.new(host, service)
        s.close
      end
    rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED
      return true
    rescue Timeout::Error, StandardError
      return false
    end
    return true
  end

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