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Bug 9883

Summary:	ping -c option does terminate if destination is unreachable
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Debasis <debasis>
Component:	iputils	Assignee:	Crutcher Dunnavant <crutcher>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.1
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Hardware:	i386
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Description Debasis 2000-03-01 09:45:34 UTC

ping command comes with Readhat 6.1 does not terminate with -c option while
the command comes with 6.0 terminate after given packets trasfered in case
of unreachable or reachable host.

for testing i used:

ping -c 2 1.1.1.1     (where 1.1.1.1 is a bogus IP. )

the ping din't terminate ...but man page says it should.

debasis
debasis.in

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2000-03-05 17:31:59 UTC

The behavior of ping has changed, you need to specify both "-c <npackets>"
and "-w <nsecs>" to terminate ping with an unreachable host.

Look for iputils-20000120-1 (the package that now contains ping) in Raw Hide.