Name:		Ping.app
Date:		7 Nov 1996
Author: 	Chris Kane <Chris_Kane@next.com>
Compiled-By:	Timothy J. Luoma <luomat@peak.org>


Ping.app is a little app which runs 'ping' and plays an audible
sound if the host is alive.

It is quite useful when a host is down and you need to know when
it comes back online.

The package includes source code, a 4fat version of the app, and
the "Ping.snd".  Note: the "Ping.snd" is not needed for the app to
run, you can delete it if you want.  However, I like the sound
enough that I use it in my IP-UP to tell me when my PPP connection
comes up.

Ping is from the 2.x days, so some things are different that they
used to be, but this little app still works wonders.  It will
compile on a 3.x system (I know, I did it!) but there is a
little bit involved in the process.


TO COMPILE FROM THE COMMANDLINE:

	The Makefile is setup to compile 4fat.  To change that, edit the 
	CFLAGS variable in the Makefile.
	
	This compiles on a 3.x system with one little hitch.  The
	.o files will end up in the sub-folder 'obj' rather than
	in the main folder (where the MAKEFILE resides, etc).

	Run 'make' once -- it will fail after a few minutes,
	complaining it can't find the .o files

	move/copy the files from the obj/ folder to the main folder

	run 'make' again.  It should exit after making the file "Ping"

	To make it an app, simply enter this line:

	mkdir Ping.app && mv Ping Ping.app


My thanks to Chris Kane <Chris_Kane@next.com> for releasing the
source code to this handy little app so every arch can use it.

TjL
<luomat@peak.org>