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laileake
laileake

Reputation: 11

How to use ping command in kernel shell of Vxworks?

I am a newbie to vxworks, and I have a target with Vxworks5.5, one application is running on it. I want to ping other host with local keyboard and monitor or telnet. After the ctrl+c is pressed, the task is going on after being interrupted for several seconds, and I can see >-,which means that it's now in C-interpreter mode. After PING command was entered, I was told that there's no such command.

I read the manual, and know that there is also a command mode. How can I switch to command mode and use the PING command?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5562

Answers (3)

Bruce Lueckenhoff
Bruce Lueckenhoff

Reputation: 7

One can ping from the C-shell as well. For example, to ping 192.168.1.2 three times:

-> ping("192.168.1.2", 3)

Upvotes: 0

SeanTwomey
SeanTwomey

Reputation: 39

If using VxWorks 6.x, switch to the command shell by entering cmd in the C shell. There, you can issue command help to list available commands. If ping is not present, you can add it via the workbench.

From the workbench, add component INCLUDE_IPPING_CMD and rebuild VxWorks on the target. Then you should be able to issue ping commands in the form ping 1.2.3.4 from the command shell. Typically, to use commands that are not included by default in the command shell, you'll need to add components to your VxWorks project in the form INCLUDE_CommandName_CMD.

Upvotes: 0

JaeMann Yeh
JaeMann Yeh

Reputation: 373

VxWorks 5.5 has only C interpreter shell and does not support command shell. Define INCLUDE_PING in configAll.h or in your Tornado project. Try -> ping "8.8.8.8"

VxWorks 6.x has C interpreter shell and command shell. Use cmd to switch to the command shell and C to switch to the C interpreter shell.

-> ping "8.8.8.8"
-> cmd    
[vxWorks]# ping 8.8.8.8
[vxWorks]# C
->

Upvotes: 2

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