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newexpectuser wrote:
: I am using Kermit from Linux and I am doing ssh.
:
: I want someway to check if the server I am connecting to is down,
: instead of hanging my script in an endless loop.
:
: Is there a way to check for this condition or tell Kermit after a
: certain amount of time, if it doesn't connect to quit ?
:
For making SSH connections, C-Kermit just starts up the external
ssh client, so in this case it's the ssh client and not Kermit that's
taking forever.

You might be able to alleviate this with something like:

ping
if failure (stop or exit)
set host /pty ....

But that only tells you if the host is up and reachable, not if an SSH
server is running. In general you can't tell in advance whether a
particular connection can be made. The only way to tell for sure is to
try to make it.

- Frank