Sebastien Roy wrote: > Dan Hain wrote: >> Sebastien Roy wrote: >>> seb-1: >>> >>> "Unlike ping(8) , fping is meant to be used in scripts and its >>> output is >>> easy to parse." >>> >>> If it's meant to be used in scripts, then why is the output format >>> "Not an Interface"? >> Ok, it's an Interface. Should I include sample output from the >> various option mixes? I'm not sure how to document the interface. > > At a minimum, the stability level of the output format should be > specified here. If you can also give sample output here, then that's > great, but it's more important that the actual format that script > writers can depend on be documented in the end-user documentation > (i.e., the man page). > >>> seb-2: >>> >>> "-d Use DNS to lookup address of return ping packet." >>> >>> Solaris has a name-service switch which allows the administrator to >>> configure a naming service on a system-wide basis, which >>> commonly-used APIs like gethostby*() and get*info() functions adhere >>> to. Does fping really bypass all of that and use DNS directly? >> No, both the "-d" and "-n" options use gethostbyaddr() > > So the man page is outright wrong. Please fix that. The man page appears to require substantial rework to correct issues and add example outputs. I'll start working on those.
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