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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-06-03 13:16:10 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-06-03 13:16:10 +0000
commit2cf124e6dbd711198131ac89dd8f98ef5f8deb65 (patch)
tree343fc85b04718144a27f11799b2a1d87ee255ab2 /sbin/ping/ping.8
parent5f6a2902bcfd03976baf4360e5a1ea749a4d0700 (diff)
- section reorder
- some mdoc fixes
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diff --git a/sbin/ping/ping.8 b/sbin/ping/ping.8
index b205526c1e4..8a611d57d48 100644
--- a/sbin/ping/ping.8
+++ b/sbin/ping/ping.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ping.8,v 1.27 2003/06/02 20:06:16 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ping.8,v 1.28 2003/06/03 13:16:08 jmc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: ping.8,v 1.10 1995/12/31 04:55:35 ghudson Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993
@@ -346,8 +346,7 @@ Set it to 255; this is what current Berkeley Unix systems do.
In this case the
.Tn TTL
value in the received packet will be 255 minus the
-number of routers in the path
-.Xr from
+number of routers in the path from
the remote system to the pinging host.
.It
Set it to some other value.
@@ -358,6 +357,16 @@ packets that they use for
packets, for example either 30 or 60.
Others may use completely wild values.
.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr netstat 1 ,
+.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
+.Xr routed 8 ,
+.Xr spray 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.Bx 4.3 .
.Sh BUGS
Many hosts and gateways ignore the
.Tn RECORD_ROUTE
@@ -371,13 +380,3 @@ There's not much that can be done about this, however.
.Pp
Flood pinging is not recommended in general, and flood pinging the
broadcast address should only be done under very controlled conditions.
-.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr netstat 1 ,
-.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
-.Xr routed 8 ,
-.Xr spray 8
-.Sh HISTORY
-The
-.Nm
-command appeared in
-.Bx 4.3 .