- Package:
- iputils-ping
- Source:
- iputils
- Description:
- Tools to test the reachability of network hosts
- Submitter:
- Shaul Karl
- Date:
- 2005-07-18 03:35:43 UTC
- Severity:
- minor
Although the man page specify the return values (just before the ICMP PACKET DETAILS section), having it on a section by its own would make it more readable. I believe that return values are useful when invloking ping from a script since ping -c1, for example, can give the script an indication whether a host is up.