--- doc/loncapafiles/updatequery.piml	2003/05/19 18:35:50	1.27
+++ doc/loncapafiles/updatequery.piml	2003/08/29 18:54:52	1.28
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!-- updatequery.piml -->
 
-<!-- $Id: updatequery.piml,v 1.27 2003/05/19 18:35:50 albertel Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: updatequery.piml,v 1.28 2003/08/29 18:54:52 albertel Exp $ -->
 
 <!--
 
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ END
        close(OUT);
       `ln -s new_${lonCluster}_hosts.tab ../hosts.tab`;
       # email appropriate message
-      system('ping -c 1 www.lon-capa.org > /dev/null || ping -c 1 www.msu.edu > /dev/null || ping -c 1 www.mit.edu > /dev/null');
+      system('ping -c 1 -W 5 www.lon-capa.org > /dev/null || ping -c 1 -W 5 www.msu.edu > /dev/null || ping -c 1 -W 5 www.mit.edu > /dev/null');
       `echo "REPLACE:$lonCluster:$lonHostID:$date:$line2insert" | mail -s "REPLACE:$lonCluster:$lonHostID:$date" installrecord\@mail.lon-capa.org` unless $?;
     }
     elsif ($hostidexistflag and $lineexistflag) {
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ END
        close(OUT);
       `ln -s new_${lonCluster}_domain.tab ../domain.tab`;
       # email appropriate message
-      system('ping -c 1 www.lon-capa.org > /dev/null || ping -c 1 www.msu.edu > /dev/null || ping -c 1 www.mit.edu > /dev/null');
+      system('ping -c 1 -W 5 www.lon-capa.org > /dev/null || ping -c 1 -W 5 www.msu.edu > /dev/null || ping -c 1 -W 5 www.mit.edu > /dev/null');
       `echo "REPLACEdom:$lonCluster:$lonHostID:$date:$domaninsert" | mail -s "REPLACEdom:$lonCluster:$lonHostID:$date" installrecord\@mail.lon-capa.org` unless $?;
     }
     elsif ($domainexistflag and $lineexistflag) {