| Size | 88925 | fping is a ping(1) like program which uses the Internet Control Message
Protocol (ICMP) echo request to determine if a host is up. fping is
different from ping in that you can specify any number of hosts on the
command line, or specify a file containing the lists of hosts to ping.
Instead of trying one host until it timeouts or replies, fping will send
out a ping packet and move on to the next host in a round-robin fashion.
If a host replies, it is noted and removed from the list of hosts to
check. If a host does not respond within a certain time limit and/or retry
limit it will be considered unreachable.
Unlike ping, fping is meant to be used in scripts and its output is easy
to parse. |
