From 293a632056f9678738e63ede15ea40db92eb0efc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Schweikert Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:22:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] improve documentation for -g option (G.W. Haywood) --- doc/fping.8 | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/fping.8 b/doc/fping.8 index f4c504f..a810b89 100644 --- a/doc/fping.8 +++ b/doc/fping.8 @@ -90,15 +90,17 @@ root user. Regular users should pipe in the file via stdin: .IP \fB\-g\fR 5 Generate a target list from a supplied IP netmask, or a starting and ending IP. -Specify the netmask or start/end in the targets portion of the command line. +Specify the netmask or start/end in the targets portion of the command line. If +a network with netmask is given, the network and broadcast addresses will be +excluded. -ex. To ping the class C 192.168.1.x, the specified command line could look like either: +ex. To ping the network 192.168.1.0/24, the specified command line could look like either: fping \-g 192.168.1.0/24 or -fping -g 192.168.1.0 192.168.1.255 +fping -g 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.254 .IP \fB\-h\fR 5 Print usage message. .IP \fB\-i\fIn\fR 5