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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/networking.scm | 15 |
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/networking.scm b/gnu/packages/networking.scm index d4c8905974..d5f86fb09b 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/networking.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/networking.scm @@ -997,13 +997,14 @@ network frames.") (home-page "https://fping.org/") (synopsis "Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts") (description - "fping is a ping like program which uses the Internet Control Message -Protocol (ICMP) echo request to determine if a target host is responding. -fping differs from ping in that you can specify any number of targets on the -command line, or specify a file containing the lists of targets to ping. -Instead of sending to one target until it times out or replies, fping will -send out a ping packet and move on to the next target in a round-robin -fashion.") + "fping is a ping-like program which uses @acronym{ICMP, Internet Control +Message Protocol} echo requests to determine if a target host is responding. + +@command{fping} differs from @command{ping} in that you can specify any number +of targets on the command line, or specify a file containing the lists of +targets to ping. Instead of sending to one target until it times out or +replies, fping will send out a ping packet and move on to the next target in a +round-robin fashion.") (license license:expat))) (define-public gandi.cli |