/**************************************************
**	BasicPing
**	
**	Description: Application to do a basic command
**		line ping of google.com
**
**
**	License: Mewcetti-amended MIT License
**	http://mewcetti.com/2008/04/26/my-mit-license/
***************************************************/

#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

using namespace std; // Shorten our coding a little bit

int main()
{
	// create an int to hold the returned value, it returns a null or 0 if it's successful(on Windows NT at least) or a number
	int i;
	
	// We're pinging google.com but you can easily adapt this to ping whatever you want
	//  Then we're storing the returned value in i
	i = system("ping google.com");

	// The console doesn't output NULL values so if it IS null, we'll output it outselves
	if(i == NULL)
	{
		cout << endl << "NULL!" << endl;
	}

	// But if it's not a null, then show that value
	else
	{
		cout << endl << i << endl;
	}

	return 0;
}