PIng to my server!

ping_my_server.py

import os, sys

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # python ping_my_server.py misalabs.com
    hostname = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) == 2 else "misalabs.com"
    end = False
    while end is False:
        response = os.system("ping -c 1 " + hostname)
        if response == 0:
            print "%s is up!" % hostname
            end = True
        else:
            print "%s is down!" % hostname