man page inconsistency in regards to numeric arguments (#21)

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David Schweikert 12 years ago
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UNRELEAESD David Schweikert <david@schweikert.ch>
* Version 3.3rc1
* Do not output icmp errors with -q (#1)
* Man-page fix: TOS option typo (Thomas Liske)
* Convert man-page source to POD for easier maintenance
* Man-page fix: TOS option typo (Thomas Liske)
* Man-page fix: inconsistency in regards to numeric arguments (Robert Henney)
2012-05-29 David Schweikert <david@schweikert.ch>
* Version 3.2

@ -50,18 +50,17 @@ up, waiting longer for a reply on each successive request. This parameter is
the value by which the wait time is multiplied on each successive request; it
must be entered as a floating-point number (x.y). The default is 1.5.
=item B<-c>
=item B<-c> I<n>
Number of request packets to send to each target. In this mode, a line is
displayed for each received response (this can suppressed with B<-q> or B<-Q>).
Also, statistics about responses for each target are displayed when all
requests have been sent (or when interrupted).
=item B<-C>
=item B<-C> I<n>
Similar to B<-c>, but the per-target statistics are displayed
in a format designed for automated response-time statistics gathering. For
example:
Similar to B<-c>, but the per-target statistics are displayed in a format
designed for automated response-time statistics gathering. For example:
% fping -C 5 -q somehost
somehost : 91.7 37.0 29.2 - 36.8
@ -85,13 +84,13 @@ user. Regular users should pipe in the file via stdin:
% fping < targets_file
=item B<-g>
=item B<-g> I<addr/mask>
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. If a network with netmask is
given, the network and broadcast addresses will be excluded.
ex. To ping the network 192.168.1.0/24, the specified command line could look like either:
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. If
a network with netmask is given, the network and broadcast addresses will be
excluded. 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
@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ Send pings to each of a target host's multiple interfaces.
Same as -d.
=item B<-p>
=item B<-p> <n>
In looping or counting modes (B<-l>, B<-c>, or B<-C>), this parameter sets
the time in milliseconds that B<fping> waits between successive packets to
@ -129,8 +128,7 @@ an individual target. Default is 1000.
=item B<-q>
Quiet. Don't show per-target results,
just set final exit status.
Quiet. Don't show per-target results, just set final exit status.
=item B<-Q> I<n>

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