Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:25:50 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Coidan_Sm=F8rgrav?= <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no>, Matt Dillon <dillon@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Dag-Erling C. Smxf8rgrav" <des@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ping ping.c Message-ID: <19980826232550.08595@follo.net> In-Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=3Cxzp90kbfo8r=2Efsf=40olvaldi=2Eifi=2Euio=2Eno=3E=3B_fro?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?m_Dag-Erling_Coidan_Sm=F8rgrav__on_Wed=2C_Aug_26=2C_1998_?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?at_11=3A05=3A08PM_%2B0200?= References: <199808262100.OAA06770@freefall.freebsd.org> <xzp90kbfo8r.fsf@olvaldi.ifi.uio.no>
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On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 11:05:08PM +0200, Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav wrote: > Matt Dillon <dillon@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > > The problems we've had with an unlimited -c has been more one of > > forgetfullness... a user will start a ping going and forget to kill > > it. It would be nice if ping did *NOT* default to an 'infinite' count, > > even if users are allowed to specify an option to set an infinite count. > > POLA. Everybody else's ping has an infinite count by default. This is not true. I've seen 'em go from 3 and upwards, and I've also seen 'em report just "elvis is alive." :-) I agree with Matt's suggestion. -c 0 for infinity, perhaps? Eivind.
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