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+require 'custodian/util/dns'
+
+
+
+#
+# This class has methods to determine whether the target
+# of a hostname/IP address is IPv4 or IPv6.
+#
+# Assuming the address resolves to one of those two types
+# it can invoke on of /usr/bin/ping or /usr/bin/ping6 appropriately.
+#
+module Custodian
+ module Util
+ class Ping
+
+ #
+ # The hostname we'll ping, and the resolved address.
+ #
+ attr_reader :hostname, :resolved
+
+ #
+ # Save the hostname away, resolve it if possible.
+ #
+ def initialize( hostname )
+ @hostname = hostname
+ @resolved = Custodian::Util::DNS.hostname_to_ip( hostname )
+ end
+
+
+ #
+ # Return the resolved address
+ #
+ def address
+ @resolved
+ end
+
+
+
+ #
+ # Does the hostname resolve to an IPv4 address?
+ #
+ def is_ipv4?
+ if ( ( ! @resolved.nil? ) && ( @resolved =~ /^([0-9]+).([0-9]+).([0-9]+).([0-9]+)$/ ) )
+ true
+ else
+ false
+ end
+ end
+
+
+ #
+ # Does the hostname resolve to an IPv6 address?
+ #
+ def is_ipv6?
+ if ( ( ! @resolved.nil? ) && ( @resolved =~ /^([a-f0-9:]+)$/i ) )
+ true
+ else
+ false
+ end
+ end
+
+
+
+ #
+ # Run the ping - if it succeeds return "true".
+ #
+ # Return false on error.
+ #
+ def run_ping
+ if ( is_ipv6? )
+ if ( system( "ping6 -c 1 #{@resolved} 2>/dev/null >/dev/null" ) == true )
+ return true
+ end
+ elsif( is_ipv4? )
+ if ( system( "ping -c 1 #{@resolved} 2>/dev/null >/dev/null" ) == true )
+ return true
+ end
+ else
+ puts "ERROR: Resolved to neither an IPv6 or IPv4 address."
+ end
+ return false
+ end
+
+ end
+
+ end
+end