ping command comes with Readhat 6.1 does not terminate with -c option while the command comes with 6.0 terminate after given packets trasfered in case of unreachable or reachable host. for testing i used: ping -c 2 1.1.1.1 (where 1.1.1.1 is a bogus IP. ) the ping din't terminate ...but man page says it should. debasis debasis.in
The behavior of ping has changed, you need to specify both "-c <npackets>" and "-w <nsecs>" to terminate ping with an unreachable host. Look for iputils-20000120-1 (the package that now contains ping) in Raw Hide.