Re: [Rd] Cross-platform check for internet connection

2007-06-22 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, hadley wickham wrote: > On 6/22/07, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, hadley wickham wrote: >> >> > What's the recommended way to check if an internet connection is >> > available across platforms? I was using is.null(nsl()) but this does >

Re: [Rd] Cross-platform check for internet connection

2007-06-22 Thread hadley wickham
On 6/22/07, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, hadley wickham wrote: > > > What's the recommended way to check if an internet connection is > > available across platforms? I was using is.null(nsl()) but this does > > not work on windows. > > I don't know a way to d

Re: [Rd] Cross-platform check for internet connection

2007-06-22 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, hadley wickham wrote: > What's the recommended way to check if an internet connection is > available across platforms? I was using is.null(nsl()) but this does > not work on windows. I don't know a way to do this on Windows without a possible very long hang. It's complicat