From 46439007cf417cbd9ac8049bb4122c890097a0fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Charles.Forsyth" Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:52:35 +0000 Subject: 20060303-partial --- man/8/ping | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/8/ping (limited to 'man/8/ping') diff --git a/man/8/ping b/man/8/ping new file mode 100644 index 00000000..441ff0f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/8/ping @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +.TH 8 PING +.SH NAME +ping \- probe the Internet +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B ip/ping +.RB [ -alq ] +[ +.BI -i " interval" +] [ +.BI -s " size" +] [ +.BI -n " nping" +] +.I destination +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Ping +sends ICMP echo requests to a network +.I destination +(which has the syntax accepted by +.IR sys-dial (2)). +The target host, if up, should send a corresponding reply. +By default, one line is printed for each reply, +containing the sequence number (starting at 0) of the message it answers, +the round trip time for that reply, the average round trip time so far, +and the `time to live' value from the reply packet. +.PP +The options are: +.TP +.B -a +include source and destination IP addresses in the output +.TP +.BI -i " interval" +send requests with the given +.I interval +between messages, +in milliseconds (default: 1 second) +.TP +.B -l +list only lost messages +.TP +.BI -n " nping" +send +.I nping +messages in all (default: 32) +.TP +.B -q +suppress per-packet output, giving summary data only +.TP +.BI -s " size" +send request packets of the given +.I size +in bytes +(default: 64, minimum 32) +.SH SOURCE +.B /appl/cmd/ip/ping.b +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR sys-dial (2), +.IR ip (3) +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +.I Ping +yields an error status if any request had no corresponding reply. +.SH BUGS +Works only on native Inferno and when hosted on Plan 9, owing to the lack of +access to ICMP on other hosted systems. -- cgit v1.2.3