Re: [bug-inetutils] ping, --count=NUMBER

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Alfred M. Szmidt <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> What do people think about making the NUMBER argument to --count
> optional?  The default value could be 3.

This will create a minor incompatibility with another ping
implementations.  I mean, some people may be using this in
their script:

   ping -c 4

which will break when -c is changed to accept optional argument.

Regards,
Sergey