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dbping: simple timing to see if your database connection is up.
written by: Obnoxio The Clown

Make sure dbping and avg_ping are in your PATH, and that should be it.  No
warranties or nothing. If you find a bug (unlikely, but still...), email me at
obnoxio@hotmail.com and I'll see if I'll deign to fix it.  It's a shell script,
so if you really care, you can work it out for yourself.  :-)

Oh, I only tested it on Solaris 2.6

Usage:
dbping [-i <instance>] [-d <database>] [-r|-n <count>] [-s <seconds>] [-v] [-h|-?]

Defaults are: database sysmaster, instance $INFORMIXSERVER, 1 iteration
('instance is alive|not alive'), 5 seconds between iterations.

-r    : infinite loop
-v    : verbose more
-h|-? : this message