
address corresponding to RTA_GATEWAY, or nothing if it doesn't exist. Modify the exit value of route depending on this, so that one can do stuff like: #!/bin/sh gw=`route -sn get default 2>/dev/null` if [ -z "$gw" ]; then echo no default route exit 1 fi ping -w1 -c1 $gw >/dev/null 2>&1 if ! route -sn get $gw >/dev/null; then echo default gateway not responding exit 1 fi echo default gateway is at $gw