Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:36:45 +0000 (UTC) From: Daniel Gerzo <danger@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r187067 - head/sbin/ping Message-ID: <200901112236.n0BMajVK040396@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: danger (doc committer) Date: Sun Jan 11 22:36:45 2009 New Revision: 187067 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/187067 Log: - improve readability Reviewed by: trhodes, keramida MFC after: 3 days Modified: head/sbin/ping/ping.8 Modified: head/sbin/ping/ping.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sbin/ping/ping.8 Sun Jan 11 21:59:42 2009 (r187066) +++ head/sbin/ping/ping.8 Sun Jan 11 22:36:45 2009 (r187067) @@ -506,14 +506,18 @@ Others may use completely wild values. .Sh EXIT STATUS The .Nm -utility returns an exit status of zero if at least one response was -heard from the specified -.Ar host ; -a status of two if the transmission was successful but no responses -were received; or another value -(from -.In sysexits.h ) -if an error occurred. +utility exits with one of the following values: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It 0 +At least one response was heard from the specified +.Ar host . +.It 2 +The transmission was successful but no responses were received. +.It any other value +An error occurred. +These values are defined in +.In sysexits.h . +.El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr netstat 1 , .Xr ifconfig 8 ,
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