Windows ping in C with individual IP address input - c

Question

I'm still relatively new to programming and have decided to create an emergency tool in C as a project for general problems in Windows. In addition I would like to create a menu with different problems, which should be selectable.
Problem one would be e.g. that a server/client cannot be reached. Then a ping and a tracert should be triggered in CMD. But my challenge is that I can't get an individual IP address with every query to be entered. And the result should also displayed. Does somebody has any idea?
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<string.h>
#define buffer[BUFFER_SIZE] = { 0 };
int main()
{
int selection1;
printf("What is the problem? Type in the appropriate number and press Enter: \n");
printf("1) Something is unavailable.\n");
printf("2) Problem 2\n");
printf("3) Problem 3\n");
printf("4) Problem 4\n");
printf("5) Problem 5\n");
printf("6) Problem 6\n");
printf("7) Problem 7\n");
fflush(stdout);
scanf("%d", &selection1);
if (selection1 == 1)
{
fflush(stdout);
char* pingAdress;
scanf("%c", &pingAdress)
system( "ping %c", pingAdress)
}

Answer 1

Here's an example of how to do your ping use case.
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<string.h>
int main()
{
int selection1;
printf("What is the problem? Type in the appropriate number and press Enter: \n");
printf("1) Something is unavailable.\n");
fflush(stdout);
scanf("%d", &selection1);
if (selection1 == 1)
{
fflush(stdout);
char pingAdr[100], pingCmd[100];
printf("Enter host address: ");
scanf("%s", pingAdr);
sprintf(pingCmd, "ping -c 5 %s", pingAdr);
system(pingCmd);
}
return 0;
}