#87 hostname 3a not allowed?

[Anonymous]

I have a machine name of '3a' at my lab. check_ping
does not believe it is a valid host name...

> ./check_ping 3a.example.com 100 100 5000.0 5000.0 -p
1

Invalid host name/address: 3a.cs.wisc.edu

Usage: check_ping -H <host_address> -w <wrta>,<wpl>% -c
<crta>,<cpl>%
[-p packets] [-t timeout] [-L]

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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hostnames should not start with an integer although integers are allowed in the middle of a hostname.

See the source code