luaposix 33.4.0 Reference

## ping.lua

    local p = require "posix"

    if p.SOCK_RAW and p.SO_BINDTODEVICE then
    	-- Open raw socket

    	local fd, err = p.socket(p.AF_INET, p.SOCK_RAW, p.IPPROTO_ICMP)
    	assert(fd, err)

    	-- Optionally, bind to specific device

    	local ok, err = p.setsockopt(fd, p.SOL_SOCKET, p.SO_BINDTODEVICE, "wlan0")
    	assert(ok, err)

    	-- Create raw ICMP echo (ping) message

    	local data = string.char(0x08, 0x00, 0x89, 0x98, 0x6e, 0x63, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00)

    	-- Send message

    	local ok, err = p.sendto(fd, data, { family = p.AF_INET, addr = "8.8.8.8", port = 0 })
    	assert(ok, err)

    	-- Read reply

    	local data, sa = p.recvfrom(fd, 1024)
    	assert(data, sa)

    	if data then
    		print("Received ICMP message from " .. sa.addr)
    	end
    end

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