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authorFlorian Obser <florian@cvs.openbsd.org>2015-10-17 12:38:30 +0000
committerFlorian Obser <florian@cvs.openbsd.org>2015-10-17 12:38:30 +0000
commit36f7bb5110f2e246258704b78d24e492e6b1a6db (patch)
treeffb016f0eac16c6d6fd1ff20e14cdd34fabbb1d9 /sbin
parent037bb5f9cba71fe59a3ecc2b1f472836aa050db2 (diff)
Remove left over -N and -w. Adapt wording for the link local example.
Pointed out by, input & OK jmc
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin')
-rw-r--r--sbin/ping6/ping6.820
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ping6/ping6.8 b/sbin/ping6/ping6.8
index ae6911b5356..00065732f7a 100644
--- a/sbin/ping6/ping6.8
+++ b/sbin/ping6/ping6.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ping6.8,v 1.55 2015/10/16 22:47:12 florian Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ping6.8,v 1.56 2015/10/17 12:38:29 florian Exp $
.\" $KAME: ping6.8,v 1.57 2002/05/26 13:18:25 itojun Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: October 16 2015 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 17 2015 $
.Dt PING6 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
.Nd send ICMPv6 ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ping6
-.Op Fl dEefHmNnqv
+.Op Fl dEefHmnqv
.Op Fl c Ar count
.Op Fl g Ar gateway
.Op Fl h Ar hoplimit
@@ -307,19 +307,17 @@ Normally,
.Nm
works just like
.Xr ping 8
-would work; the following will send ICMPv6 echo request to dst.foo.com:
+would work; the following will send ICMPv6 echo requests to dst.foo.com:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ ping6 -n dst.foo.com
.Ed
.Pp
-The following will probe hostnames for all nodes on the network link
-attached to the wi0 interface.
-The address
-.Dq ff02::1
-is named the link-local all-node multicast address, and the packet would
-reach every node on the network link:
+The following will send ICMPv6 echo requests to the link-local all-node
+multicast address.
+The packet reaches all nodes on the network link attached to the wi0
+interface.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-$ ping6 -w ff02::1%wi0
+$ ping6 ff02::1%wi0
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr netstat 1 ,