comparison scripts/.bela_common @ 515:03b511d99f3d prerelease

bela_common was left out of the previous commit

 
 set_date(){
 # an optional parameter will be executed as part of the same ssh session
 	ssh $BBB_ADDRESS "date -s \"`date '+%Y%m%d %T %Z'`\" > /dev/null; $1"
 }
+
+check_board_alive(){
+	printf "Checking the board is up and running at $BBB_ADDRESS..."
+	ssh -o ConnectTimeout=10 $BBB_ADDRESS exit && printf "done\n" || {
+		printf "\nERROR: the board does not respond at $BBB_ADDRESS, check that the address is correct and the board is connected.\n";
+		exit 1;
+	}
+}