From: Christian Weiske <cweiske@cweiske.de>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 12:58:10 +0000 (+0100)
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diff --git a/pingwait.sh b/pingwait.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# wait until a host is pingable, then exit
+
+ping_cancelled=false    # Keep track of whether the loop was cancelled, or succeeded
+until ping -c1 "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1; do :; done &    # The "&" backgrounds it
+trap "kill $!; ping_cancelled=true" SIGINT
+wait $!          # Wait for the loop to exit, one way or another
+trap - SIGINT    # Remove the trap, now we're done with it
+echo "Done pinging, cancelled=$ping_cancelled"