diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index f86b7fe..fdf4659 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ UNRELEAESD David Schweikert * 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 * Version 3.2 diff --git a/doc/fping.pod b/doc/fping.pod index d675828..d0fc7e1 100644 --- a/doc/fping.pod +++ b/doc/fping.pod @@ -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 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 -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 -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> In looping or counting modes (B<-l>, B<-c>, or B<-C>), this parameter sets the time in milliseconds that B 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