# Using ping utility from ping package
# This utility seems to always return 0 exit code
is_host_online_cygwin()
{
    ping_output_raw=$(ping "$1" 64 1)
    ! echo "$ping_output_raw" | grep 'Dest Unreachable' > /dev/null 2>&1
}

# Using built-in ping utility
# This utility seems to always return 0 exit code
is_host_online_windows()
{
    ping_output_raw=$(ping -n 1 "$1")
    ! echo "$ping_output_raw" | grep 'Destination host unreachable' > /dev/null 2>&1
}

# Using ping utility from iputils-ping package
# This utility returns the right exit code, there is no need for a wrapper
is_host_online_linux()
{
    ping -c 1 "$1" > /dev/null 2>&1
}