#!/bin/bash

# Weird problem:

# A ping to a host over OpenVPN tunnel sometimes stops working even if
# the tunnel comes back up again.  Restarting ping itself fixes that
# problem.

[ -z "$1" ] && echo "usage: $0 [<ping-arg> ...]" && exit 1

control_c () {
    exit 1
}
trap control_c SIGINT

while sleep 1; do ping -i 3 -c 5 "$@"; done