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Date:      Wed, 26 Aug 1998 19:52:15 -0400
From:      bsmith@bfmni.com (Brad Smith)
To:        "Matt Dillon" <dillon@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ping ping.c
Message-ID:  <006601bdd14c$904d0bd0$6403a8c0@comstyle.com>

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Maybe make it like Microsoft's PING where it pings 4 times unless you use
the -t option.
-t             Ping the specifed host until interrupted.

Brad

>:
>:des         1998/08/26 11:51:37 PDT
>:
>:  Modified files:
>:    sbin/ping            ping.c
>:  Log:
>:  Remove -c restrictions from previous commit.
>:
>:  Revision  Changes    Path
>:  1.41      +1 -13     src/sbin/ping/ping.c
>
>    Sounds good.    I do think that the -f restrictions should be
>    left in as well as the -i restrictions (only root can ping < 1 second
>    interval).  -s restrictions could also be removed or a limit could
>    be set for non-root users.
>
>    The problems we've had with an unlimited -c has been more one of
>    forgetfullness... a user will start a ping going and forget to kill
>    it.  It would be nice if ping did *NOT* default to an 'infinite' count,
>    even if users are allowed to specify an option to set an infinite
count.
>
> -Matt
>
>




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