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+/* ************************************************************************** */
+/*                                                                            */
+/*                                                        :::      ::::::::   */
+/*   target.c                                           :+:      :+:    :+:   */
+/*                                                    +:+ +:+         +:+     */
+/*   By: rparodi <rparodi@student.42.fr>            +#+  +:+       +#+        */
+/*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
+/*   Created: 2026/03/30 12:09:48 by rparodi           #+#    #+#             */
+/*   Updated: 2026/03/30 12:33:54 by rparodi          ###   ########.fr       */
+/*                                                                            */
+/* ************************************************************************** */
+
+#include "macro.h"
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
+void check_target(const char *target) {
+	struct addrinfo hints = {0}, *res;
+	hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+	hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_RAW;
+	hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_ICMP;
+
+	int err = getaddrinfo(target, NULL, &hints, &res);
+	if (err != 0) {
+		ERROR_LOG("ft_ping: unknown host");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+	freeaddrinfo(res);
+}