On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Sergey Poznyakoff <[email protected]> wrote:
> Instead of changing the `-c' behaviour we can simply introduce a new > option that will cause ping to stop after the default number of packets. > FWIW, the `-C' letter is still unused in ping, so we can use it for > that purpose. This will make for a good mnemonics. The corresponding > long option might be more verbose, say `--default-count'. > I don't know that I'd bother putting a long option in. Or make it --zOMG-you-couldve-just-used-c4-why-are-you-using-a-long-option =) -- Jeff Bailey - http://www.raspberryginger.com/jbailey/ "This specification should be read like all other specifications. First, it should be read cover-to-cover, multiple times. Then, it should be read backwards at least once. Then it should be read by picking random sections from the contents list and following all the cross-references." - HTML5
