From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 26 0: 8:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from camelot.bitart.com (camelot.BITart.com [206.103.221.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C155814A26 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 1999 00:08:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gerti@bitart.com) Received: (qmail 7249 invoked by uid 101); 26 Sep 1999 07:08:11 -0000 Message-ID: <19990926070811.7248.qmail@camelot.bitart.com> Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 4.2mach v148) In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990925184302.008076f0@mindsieve.com> X-Nextstep-Mailer: Mail 4.2mach (Enhance 2.2p1) Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.148) From: Gerd Knops Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 02:08:10 -0500 To: Allen Cleveland Subject: Re: changing ping output Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: gerti@BITart.com References: <3.0.5.32.19990925184302.008076f0@mindsieve.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message