Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 08:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: setantae <setantae@submonkey.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/32354: ping -c 0 Message-ID: <200111281610.fASGA2h63305@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: setantae <setantae@submonkey.net>
To: root@topcat.zoonami.com
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/32354: ping -c 0
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:02:34 +0000
On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 03:47:23PM +0000, djones@zoonami.com wrote:
> At the command line:
>
> # ping -l 5 -c 0 gateway
>
> yields the error:
>
> ping: invalid count of packets to transmit: `0'
>
> whereas in this case I think -c 0 specifies something reasonable:
> Send 5 packets as quickly as possible, then no more, then exit.
It doesn't though, does it ?
-c count
Stop after sending (and receiving) count ECHO_RESPONSE packets.
I think you'd be after :
rhadamanth# ping -l 5 -c 5 archaia
PING archaia.private.submonkey.net. (192.168.10.2): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.10.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=1.387 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=1.566 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=1.882 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=2.110 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=2.406 ms
--- archaia.private.submonkey.net. ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 16% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.387/1.870/2.406/0.366 ms
rhadamanth#
Ceri
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