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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>2020-02-11 18:41:40 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>2020-02-11 18:41:40 +0000
commitbdf28dec301e92fd0980f520383bd2cb39ad7698 (patch)
treeb3b770ab8a27a5a5311af7476958d45a5ff115f4 /sbin
parent45f4e7054a393165a17bc1b6e9bb1978eae73a2b (diff)
Simplify and unify wording for the -I sourceaddr option in various places.
This is somewhat related to the "-b bind_addr" option some programs have, which should get some cleanup also... input florian claudio jmc
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin')
-rw-r--r--sbin/ping/ping.812
-rw-r--r--sbin/ping/ping.c4
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ping/ping.8 b/sbin/ping/ping.8
index bbf541596fe..259a6f363d1 100644
--- a/sbin/ping/ping.8
+++ b/sbin/ping/ping.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ping.8,v 1.62 2020/01/04 01:00:18 cheloha Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ping.8,v 1.63 2020/02/11 18:41:39 deraadt Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: ping.8,v 1.10 1995/12/31 04:55:35 ghudson Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)ping.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: January 4 2020 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 11 2020 $
.Dt PING 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
.Nm ping
.Op Fl DdEefHLnqRv
.Op Fl c Ar count
-.Op Fl I Ar ifaddr
+.Op Fl I Ar sourceaddr
.Op Fl i Ar interval
.Op Fl l Ar preload
.Op Fl p Ar pattern
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ Try reverse lookups for addresses.
.It Fl h Ar hoplimit
.Pq IPv6 only
Set the hoplimit.
-.It Fl I Ar ifaddr
-Specify the interface address to transmit from
-on machines with multiple interfaces.
+.It Fl I Ar sourceaddr
+Set the source address to transmit from, which is useful on machines
+with multiple interfaces.
For unicast and multicast pings.
.It Fl i Ar interval
Send one packet every
diff --git a/sbin/ping/ping.c b/sbin/ping/ping.c
index c870234dac2..238a3798d3a 100644
--- a/sbin/ping/ping.c
+++ b/sbin/ping/ping.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: ping.c,v 1.239 2020/01/04 01:00:18 cheloha Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: ping.c,v 1.240 2020/02/11 18:41:39 deraadt Exp $ */
/*
* Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project.
@@ -2191,7 +2191,7 @@ usage(void)
"\t[-V rtable] [-w maxwait] host\n");
} else {
fprintf(stderr,
- "usage: ping [-DdEefHLnqRv] [-c count] [-I ifaddr] "
+ "usage: ping [-DdEefHLnqRv] [-c count] [-I sourceaddr] "
"[-i interval]\n\t[-l preload] [-p pattern] [-s packetsize]"
#ifndef SMALL
" [-T toskeyword]"