pingator

#!/bin/bash

TARGET=neco.local
SLEEPTIME=59

while :
do
        DATE=$(date '+%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S')
        ping -c 3 $TARGET &> /dev/null
        if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
             echo "ERROR "$DATE
             echo "sending text message"
             /Users/yourname/smska.sh
             echo -e '\n'
             echo "text sent"
             break
        fi
        echo "ping OK ... $DATE ... sleeping $SLEEPTIME s"
        sleep $SLEEPTIME
done