Curtis Vaughan said: > Has anyone written a script that they're willing to share that pings a > host and when the ping fails it send out an email message? > > Could you share it with me? Here's a quick one: #!/bin/bash if ping -c 1 $1; then echo "success"; else echo "ping failed for $1" | mail -s "ping failure for $1" bijan@psq.com; fi Simply replace "bijan@psq.com" with your email address. Bijan -- Bijan Soleymani <bijan@psq.com> http://www.crasseux.com