Send an echo request to a foreign node (remote host) to
determine whether the node is accessible:
Note: The synonym for the oping command
in the z/OS® UNIX shell is ping. The oping command
syntax is the same as that for the ping command.
>>-ping--+-+------------+-- host_name-+------------------------><
| '-| Option |-' |
+- -h------------------------+
'- -?------------------------'
Option
.---------------------.
V |
|----+-----------------+-+--------------------------------------|
+- -A-+-ipv4-+----+
| '-ipv6-' |
| .-1----. |
+- -c-+------+----+
| '-echo-' |
+- -i interface---+
| .-256---. |
+- -l-+-------+---+
| '-bytes-' |
+- -n-------------+
+- -P-+-yes----+--+
| '-ignore-' |
+- -p tcpname-----+
+- -s srcip-------+
| .-10------. |
+- -t-+---------+-+
| '-seconds-' |
'- -v-------------'