Re: Proposed small change for ping(8) -- updated diff
On 04/06/2015 07:02 AM, Philip Guenther wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Gregory Edigarov ediga...@qarea.com wrote: After discussing with Sven Falempin changed the message to Packet timed out to be more exact updated diff: What's the output when ping packets or their replies are reordered? Well, it should at first output the packet timed out but then it will show the normal output.. And this is the intended behaviour. -- With best regards, Gregory Edigarov
Re: Proposed small change for ping(8) -- updated diff
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Gregory Edigarov ediga...@qarea.com wrote: After discussing with Sven Falempin changed the message to Packet timed out to be more exact updated diff: What's the output when ping packets or their replies are reordered? Philip Guenther
Re: Proposed small change for ping(8)
ping? or no interest in this? On 03/26/2015 02:34 PM, Gregory Edigarov wrote: Hello, This makes ping -v really verbose, telling about lost packets as they progress. Index: ping.8 === RCS file: /cvs/src/sbin/ping/ping.8,v retrieving revision 1.52 diff -u -p -u -r1.52 ping.8 --- ping.8 24 Mar 2014 11:11:49 - 1.52 +++ ping.8 26 Mar 2015 12:28:44 - @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Set the routing table to be used for out Verbose output. ICMP packets other than .Dv ECHO_REPLY -that are received are listed. +that are received are listed. Also reports lost packets as they go. .It Fl w Ar maxwait Specifies the maximum number of seconds to wait for responses after the last request has been sent. Index: ping.c === RCS file: /cvs/src/sbin/ping/ping.c,v retrieving revision 1.118 diff -u -p -u -r1.118 ping.c --- ping.c 23 Mar 2015 09:36:25 - 1.118 +++ ping.c 26 Mar 2015 12:28:44 - @@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ catcher(int signo) nmissedmax = ntransmitted - nreceived - 1; if (!(options F_FLOOD) (options F_AUD_MISS)) write(STDERR_FILENO, \a, 1); + if (!(options F_FLOOD) (options F_VERBOSE)) + write(STDOUT_FILENO, Lost packet\n,12); } errno = save_errno; }
Proposed small change for ping(8)
Hello, This makes ping -v really verbose, telling about lost packets as they progress. Index: ping.8 === RCS file: /cvs/src/sbin/ping/ping.8,v retrieving revision 1.52 diff -u -p -u -r1.52 ping.8 --- ping.8 24 Mar 2014 11:11:49 - 1.52 +++ ping.8 26 Mar 2015 12:28:44 - @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Set the routing table to be used for out Verbose output. ICMP packets other than .Dv ECHO_REPLY -that are received are listed. +that are received are listed. Also reports lost packets as they go. .It Fl w Ar maxwait Specifies the maximum number of seconds to wait for responses after the last request has been sent. Index: ping.c === RCS file: /cvs/src/sbin/ping/ping.c,v retrieving revision 1.118 diff -u -p -u -r1.118 ping.c --- ping.c 23 Mar 2015 09:36:25 - 1.118 +++ ping.c 26 Mar 2015 12:28:44 - @@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ catcher(int signo) nmissedmax = ntransmitted - nreceived - 1; if (!(options F_FLOOD) (options F_AUD_MISS)) write(STDERR_FILENO, \a, 1); + if (!(options F_FLOOD) (options F_VERBOSE)) + write(STDOUT_FILENO, Lost packet\n,12); } errno = save_errno; }
