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Date:      Sun, 26 Sep 1999 02:08:10 -0500
From:      Gerd Knops <gerti@bitart.com>
To:        Allen Cleveland <allenc@mindsieve.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: changing ping output
Message-ID:  <19990926070811.7248.qmail@camelot.bitart.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990925184302.008076f0@mindsieve.com>
References:  <3.0.5.32.19990925184302.008076f0@mindsieve.com>

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Allen Cleveland wrote:
> I'd like to ping an ip address, but only see output when the address
> *doesn't* return a reply, and I'd also like to have the times a reply
> *isn't* returned timestamped.
>
> I just read ping(8) and I don't see a way to turn off the output of replies
> and only see packets that didn't get a reply, nor do I see a way to
> timestamp any of the output. I want to use this to tell me when my
> connection fails, even if I'm not sitting at the computer.
>
> If there is a better way, using another command, or anyone has any ideas in
> general, I'd very much appreciate your input.
>
fping is more flexible than ping. Maybe it will do what you need. See  
ports/net/fping.

Gerd


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