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Date:      Thu, 5 Sep 2002 15:55:18 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        budsz <budsz@kumprang.or.id>
Cc:        FBSDQ <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Decimals or fractions in dummynet
Message-ID:  <20020905205518.GF59085@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020905185250.GA72051@kumprang.kumprang.or.id>
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In the last episode (Sep 06), budsz said:
> On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 12:49:57PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote:
> >> Opss..I give wrong example :), I mean without "K":
> >> 
> >> ipfw pipe 1 config bw 3.432bit/s
> >> ipfw pipe 2 config bw 3.432bit/s
> >
> > Do you realize how slow 3 bits/second is?  That's one character
> > every 2.6 seconds.  Are you simulating one of those "TCP/IP over
> > carpet static" networks? :)
> 
> Actually, the '3.432' figures are just an example. I want to know if
> it's ok to write "Decimals or fractions" format in dummynet. Is my
> example valid?, because I didn't find it in any manual.

The code uses strtoul to parse the number, so fractions are not
processed.  In general, you can assume that numeric arguments to unix
commands are integer unless the documentation says otherwise.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com

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