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[src/netbsd-1-5]: src/sbin/ping6 Pull up revisions 1.9-1.12 (requested by ito...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/adbb4a7de0f0
branches: netbsd-1-5
changeset: 490815:adbb4a7de0f0
user: he <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Sun Mar 11 20:43:51 2001 +0000
description:
Pull up revisions 1.9-1.12 (requested by itojun):
Correct buffer management. Fix handling of short packets. More
robust signal handling. Print icmp6 name lookup packets better.
This syncs with current head of trunk.
diffstat:
sbin/ping6/ping6.8 | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diffs (104 lines):
diff -r 02f8f7616897 -r adbb4a7de0f0 sbin/ping6/ping6.8
--- a/sbin/ping6/ping6.8 Sun Mar 11 20:28:26 2001 +0000
+++ b/sbin/ping6/ping6.8 Sun Mar 11 20:43:51 2001 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: ping6.8,v 1.8 2000/06/12 16:21:04 itojun Exp $
-.\" $KAME: ping6.8,v 1.23 2000/06/12 16:16:09 itojun Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: ping6.8,v 1.8.2.1 2001/03/11 20:43:51 he Exp $
+.\" $KAME: ping6.8,v 1.31 2000/11/11 00:40:56 itojun Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ping6
.\" without ipsec, or new ipsec
-.Op Fl dfHnNqRvw
+.Op Fl dfHnNqRtvw
.\" old ipsec
-.\" .Op Fl AdEfnNqRvw
+.\" .Op Fl AdEfnNqRtvw
.Bk -words
.Op Fl a Ar addrtype
.Ek
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
If
.Ar preload
is specified,
-.Nm ping
+.Nm
sends that many packets as fast as possible before falling into its normal
mode of behavior.
Only the super-user may use this option.
@@ -258,6 +258,13 @@
You may need to specify
.Fl b
as well to extend socket buffer size.
+.It Fl t
+Generate ICMPv6 Node Information supported query types query,
+rather than echo-request.
+.Fl s
+has no effect if
+.Fl t
+is specified.
.It Fl v
Verbose output.
.Tn ICMP
@@ -265,7 +272,7 @@
.Tn ECHO_RESPONSE
that are received are listed.
.It Fl w
-Generate ICMPv6 Node Information FQDN query, rather than echo-request.
+Generate ICMPv6 Node Information DNS Name query, rather than echo-request.
.Fl s
has no effect if
.Fl w
@@ -334,7 +341,7 @@
.\" If less than eight bytes of pad are specified, no round trip times are
.\" given.
.Sh DUPLICATE AND DAMAGED PACKETS
-.Nm Ping6
+.Nm
will report duplicate and damaged packets.
Duplicate packets should never occur when pinging a unicast address,
and seem to be caused by
@@ -349,7 +356,7 @@
.Pp
Damaged packets are obviously serious cause for alarm and often
indicate broken hardware somewhere in the
-.Nm ping
+.Nm
packet's path
.Pq in the network or in the hosts .
.Sh TRYING DIFFERENT DATA PATTERNS
@@ -380,10 +387,10 @@
using the
.Fl p
option of
-.Nm Ns .
-.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Nm "" .
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Nm
-returns 0 on success (the host is alive),
+exits 0 on success (the host is alive),
and non-zero if the arguments are incorrect or the host is not responding.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr netstat 1 ,
@@ -402,13 +409,13 @@
.Rs
.%A Matt Crawford
.%T "IPv6 Node Information Queries"
-.%N draft-ietf-ipngwg-icmp-name-lookups-05.txt
-.%D October 22, 1999
+.%N draft-ietf-ipngwg-icmp-name-lookups-06.txt
+.%D July 2000
.%O work in progress material
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
-.Nm ping
+.Xr ping 8
command appeared in
.Bx 4.3 .
The
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