Re: whence "ping -w"?
On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 10:49:02PM -0500, Will Day wrote:
> On the previous linux version I had installed (redhat 6.x I believe), I
> swear I remember ping having an option "-w" to set the timeout value, ie
> how long to wait for a reply before failing. However, in the debian woody
> I just installed, ping has no such option. I tried both the "netkit-ping"
> nor "iputils-ping" packages, but they seem to be identical in that respect.
>
> Can anyone tell me where to find this ping command that offers a "-w"
> option (or any other option to set the timeout)? Or maybe I'm just crazy
ping -i <some-number>
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groetjes, carel
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