Date: Tue, 04 Feb 97 11:04:16 +0100 From: garyj@frt.dec.com To: packrat@iinet.net.au Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ping(8) Message-ID: <9702041004.AA23035@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Bruce Murphy <packrat@iinet.net.au> of Tue, 04 Feb 97 12:42:59 %2B0800.
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packrat@iinet.net.au writes: > Having just had to edit the ping binary by hand (for the nth time but > I never keep them around) so that I could use it to diagnose a remote > problem. (well actually some idiot walking into the room and pulling > the terminator off my test run of thinnet and staring at it) I thought > ask the list whether anyone had any religious objections to me adding > an option to ping(8) so that it emitted a bell character on every > packet reciept. > > Something like '-a': audible tone for pings. > seems resaonable to me. Why not '-b' for "bell" ? Seems more intuitive somwhow. --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org
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