make ping only ping once, and wait for a max of three seconds for a response

diff --git a/sshsendmail b/sshsendmail
index 62efbb492f8ec6f9d7c756b355f61f667372a4c9..c9c4530ba0733e06e635da8db8a27182ca1fa45a 100755 (executable)
--- a/sshsendmail
+++ b/sshsendmail
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ EOF
 $Data::Dumper::Useqq=0;
 print STDERR Dumper(\@ssh_arguments);
 
-qx(ping -q -c 3 $hostname 2>/dev/null);
+qx(ping -q -w 3 -c 1 $hostname 2>/dev/null);
 if ($?) {
     syslog(LOG_WARNING,"${0}: Failed: unable to ping $hostname\n");
     exit (9);