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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/ping/ping.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/ping/ping.8 | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ping/ping.8 b/sbin/ping/ping.8 index 2d8110d..ef133e8 100644 --- a/sbin/ping/ping.8 +++ b/sbin/ping/ping.8 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)ping.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd March 1, 1997 +.Dd September 25, 2001 .Dt PING 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -81,11 +81,14 @@ bytes used to fill out the packet. The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl A Audible. -Include a bell +Output a bell .Tn ( ASCII 0x07) -character in the output when no packet is received before the next packet +character when no packet is received before the next packet is transmitted. +To cater for round-trip times that are longer than the interval +between transmissions, further missing packets cause a bell only +if the maximum number of unreceived packets has increased. .It Fl a Audible. Include a bell |
