From 609f4f17c4b896b86fe06bffc1d640b7d22e83c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Schweikert Date: Sun, 4 May 2014 22:22:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Better document -B backoff-factor and when it can be used (#33, Oleksiy Zagorskyi), fixes #33 --- ChangeLog | 1 + doc/fping.pod | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index dd70efd..1dd5dc9 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ UNRELEASED * Allow option '-f' also for non-root (since setuid privileges are dropped) * Remove support for NIS groups * Do not retry twice DNS lookup on DNS lookup problem + * Better document -B backoff-factor and when it can be used (#33, Oleksiy Zagorskyi) 2014-03-08 David Schweikert * Version 3.9 diff --git a/doc/fping.pod b/doc/fping.pod index 4a6f4ca..8fba001 100644 --- a/doc/fping.pod +++ b/doc/fping.pod @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ number. Backoff factor. In the default mode, B sends several requests to a target before giving 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 +This parameter is the value by which the wait time (B<-t>) 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> I @@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ Set the interface (requires SO_BINDTODEVICE support) Initial target timeout in milliseconds (default 500). In the default mode, this is the amount of time that B waits for a response to its first request. -Successive timeouts are multiplied by the backoff factor. +Successive timeouts are multiplied by the backoff factor specified with B<-B>. +Note that this option has no effect looping or counting modes (B<-l>, B<-c>, or +B<-C>). =item B<-T> I