improve documentation for -g option (G.W. Haywood)

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David Schweikert 13 years ago
parent 2f94a50ae6
commit 293a632056

@ -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

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