Most of the users all over the world make use of Google’s Index Page to check whether their Internet connection is working or not. Many times it is required to check periodically whether the server you are running is connected to internet or not. It is very cumbersome to open the web page every time you wish to check the connection. As an alternative, it definitely makes sense to run some scripts in the background periodically scheduling them using cron.
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