Added script to poll an address (maybe OSX specific ping arguments)

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/checkaddr.sh b/checkaddr.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1b636f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkaddr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
+    IP=8.8.8.8
+else
+    IP=$1
+fi
+
+STATE=-1
+
+while true ; do
+    ping -c 1 -t 5 $IP > /dev/null
+
+    STATUS=$?
+
+    if [ $STATUS -ne $STATE ] ; then
+    	STATE=$STATUS
+
+	if [ $STATE -eq 0 ] ; then
+	    echo $(date): Connnected to $IP
+	else
+	    echo $(date): Disconnected from $IP
+	fi
+    fi
+
+    sleep 60
+done