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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/ping/ping.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/ping/ping.8 | 20 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ping/ping.8 b/sbin/ping/ping.8 index 50aeb0886be22..db82d5a4b8ba0 100644 --- a/sbin/ping/ping.8 +++ b/sbin/ping/ping.8 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)ping.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93 -.\" $Id: ping.8,v 1.18 1998/11/29 13:20:04 bde Exp $ +.\" $Id: ping.8,v 1.16 1998/08/26 01:58:39 dillon Exp $ .\" .Dd March 1, 1997 .Dt PING 8 @@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ packets to network hosts .Op Fl l Ar preload .Op Fl p Ar pattern .Op Fl s Ar packetsize -.Op Fl S Ar src_addr .Bo .Ar host | .Op Fl L @@ -86,10 +85,7 @@ Stop after sending .Pq and receiving .Ar count .Tn ECHO_RESPONSE -packets. -If this option is not specified, -.Nm -will operate until interrupted. +packets. If this option is not specified, ping will operate until interrupted. .It Fl d Set the .Dv SO_DEBUG @@ -104,7 +100,7 @@ sent a period .Dq \&. is printed, while for every .Tn ECHO_REPLY -received a backspace is printed. +received a backspace is printed. Only root may specify this option. This provides a rapid display of how many packets are being dropped. Only the super-user may use this option. .Bf -emphasis @@ -115,10 +111,9 @@ Wait .Ar wait seconds .Em between sending each packet . -The default is to wait for one second between each packet. -The wait time may be fractional, but only the super-user may specify -values less then 1 second. -This option is incompatible with the +The default is to wait for one second between each packet. The +wait time may be fractional, but only root may specify values +less then 1 second. This option is incompatible with the .Fl f option. .It Fl I Ar interface @@ -202,8 +197,7 @@ The default is 56, which translates into 64 data bytes when combined with the 8 bytes of .Tn ICMP -header data. -Only the super-user may use this option. +header data. Only root may use this option. .It Fl T Ar ttl Set the IP Time To Live for multicasted packets. This flag only applies if the ping destination is a multicast address. |
