Get the ping from a remote target with Qt (Windows/Linux)

Question

Currently I use this code for retrieving the ping of a target system. However it works so far only under linux and it is likely dependent on the locale settings. To add suppor

Answer 1

You can ping on both Windows and Linux using this:

   QStringList parameters;
#if defined(WIN32)
   parameters << "-n" << "1";
#else
   parameters << "-c 1";
#endif

   parameters << m_sHostName;

   int exitCode = QProcess::execute("ping", parameters);
   if (exitCode==0) {
       // it's alive
   } else {
       // it's dead
   }