Re: [bug-inetutils] ping/ping6 default count

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Alfred M. Szmidt <address@hidden> wrote:

> Several implementations of ping do quit after N packets.  There is
> really nothing traditional about it.  And there is a way to force ping
> to send a unlimited number of packets, `ping -c 0 HOST'.

No, it needed the following patch:

Index: ping/ping.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/inetutils/inetutils/ping/ping.c,v
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -p -u -r1.29 ping.c
--- ping/ping.c 11 Nov 2006 01:31:15 -0000      1.29
+++ ping/ping.c 17 Nov 2006 13:55:55 -0000
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
          break;
 
        case 'c':
-         count = ping_cvt_number (optarg, 0, 0);
+         count = ping_cvt_number (optarg, 0, 1);
          break;
 
        case 'd':


Regards,
Sergey