Pinging from a C/C++ program

Question

I want to write a C or C++ program, that given an IP address, Pings it and then performs further action based on whether the Ping was successful or not. How to do this?

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Answer 1

Have a blast at The Ping Page, which has a link to full source on the original Unix ping(8).