"Fossies" - the Fresh Open Source Software Archive  

Source code changes of the file "doc/fping.pod" between
fping-5.0.tar.gz and fping-5.1.tar.gz

About: fping quickly ping N number of hosts to determine their reachability without flooding the network.

fping.pod  (fping-5.0)	:	fping.pod  (fping-5.1)
skipping to change at line 84		skipping to change at line 84
designed for automated response-time statistics gathering. For example:		designed for automated response-time statistics gathering. For example:
$ fping -C 5 -q somehost		$ fping -C 5 -q somehost
somehost : 91.7 37.0 29.2 - 36.8		somehost : 91.7 37.0 29.2 - 36.8
shows the response time in milliseconds for each of the five requests, with the		shows the response time in milliseconds for each of the five requests, with the
C<-> indicating that no response was received to the fourth request.		C<-> indicating that no response was received to the fourth request.
=item B<-d>, B<--rdns>		=item B<-d>, B<--rdns>
Use DNS to lookup address of return ping packet. This allows you to give fping		Use DNS to lookup address of ping target. This allows you to give fping
a list of IP addresses as input and print hostnames in the output. This is simil ar		a list of IP addresses as input and print hostnames in the output. This is simil ar
to option B<-n>/B<--name>, but will force a reverse-DNS lookup even if you give		to option B<-n>/B<--name>, but will force a reverse-DNS lookup even if you give
hostnames as target (NAME->IP->NAME).		hostnames as target (NAME->IP->NAME).
=item B<-D>, B<--timestamp>		=item B<-D>, B<--timestamp>
Add Unix timestamps in front of output lines generated with in looping or counti ng		Add Unix timestamps in front of output lines generated with in looping or counti ng
modes (B<-l>, B<-c>, or B<-C>).		modes (B<-l>, B<-c>, or B<-C>).
=item B<-e>, B<--elapsed>		=item B<-e>, B<--elapsed>
skipping to change at line 153		skipping to change at line 153
Send pings to each of a target host's multiple IP addresses (use of option '-A'		Send pings to each of a target host's multiple IP addresses (use of option '-A'
is recommended).		is recommended).
=item B<-M>, B<--dontfrag>		=item B<-M>, B<--dontfrag>
Set the "Don't Fragment" bit in the IP header (used to determine/test the MTU).		Set the "Don't Fragment" bit in the IP header (used to determine/test the MTU).
=item B<-n>, B<--name>		=item B<-n>, B<--name>
If targets are specified as IP addresses, do a reverse-DNS lookup on them		If targets are specified as IP addresses, do a reverse-DNS lookup on them
to		to print hostnames in the output.
=item B<-N>, B<--netdata>		=item B<-N>, B<--netdata>
Format output for netdata (-l -Q are required). See: L<http://my-netdata.io/>		Format output for netdata (-l -Q are required). See: L<http://my-netdata.io/>
=item B<-o>, B<--outage>		=item B<-o>, B<--outage>
Calculate "outage time" based on the number of lost pings and the interval used (useful for network convergence tests).		Calculate "outage time" based on the number of lost pings and the interval used (useful for network convergence tests).
=item B<-O>, B<--tos>=I<N>		=item B<-O>, B<--tos>=I<N>
skipping to change at line 181		skipping to change at line 181
the time in milliseconds that B<fping> waits between successive packets to		the time in milliseconds that B<fping> waits between successive packets to
an individual target. Default is 1000 and minimum is 10.		an individual target. Default is 1000 and minimum is 10.
=item B<-q>, B<--quiet>		=item B<-q>, B<--quiet>
Quiet. Don't show per-probe results, but only the final summary. Also don't		Quiet. Don't show per-probe results, but only the final summary. Also don't
show ICMP error messages.		show ICMP error messages.
=item B<-Q>, B<--squiet>=I<SECS>		=item B<-Q>, B<--squiet>=I<SECS>
Like B<-q>, but show summary results every n seconds.		Like B<-q>, but additionally show interval summary results every I<SECS>
		seconds.
=item B<-r>, B<--retry>=I<N>		=item B<-r>, B<--retry>=I<N>
Retry limit (default 3). This is the number of times an attempt at pinging		Retry limit (default 3). This is the number of times an attempt at pinging
a target will be made, not including the first try.		a target will be made, not including the first try.
=item B<-R>, B<--random>		=item B<-R>, B<--random>
Instead of using all-zeros as the packet data, generate random bytes.		Instead of using all-zeros as the packet data, generate random bytes.
Use to defeat, e.g., link data compression.		Use to defeat, e.g., link data compression.
End of changes. 3 change blocks.
3 lines changed or deleted		4 lines changed or added

---