since it doesn't make sense to both send packets
as fast as possible and to delay randomly between
packets, i think this case is just disallowed.
/n/sources/plan9//sys/src/cmd/ip/ping.c:532,537 - ping.c:532,541
break;
} ARGEND;
+ if(flood && rint){
+ fprint(2, "-f and -r are not compatable\n");
+ usage();
+ }
if(msglen < proto->iphdrsz + ICMP_HDRSIZE)
msglen = proto->iphdrsz + ICMP_HDRSIZE;
if(msglen < 64)
and
/n/sources/plan9//sys/man/8/ping:83,89 - ping:83,91
adds the IP source and destination addresses to each report.
.TP
.B f
- send messages as fast as possible (flood).
+ send messages as fast as possible (flood). This flag
+ is not compatable with
+ .BR -r .
.TP
.B i
sets the time between messages
/n/sources/plan9//sys/man/8/ping:104,110 - ping:106,114
.TP
.B r
randomizes the delay with a minimum extra delay of 0 ms and a
- maximum extra delay of the selected interval.
+ maximum extra delay of the selected interval. This flag
+ is not compatable with
+ .BR -f .
.TP
.B s
sets the length of the message to be
