openbsd-ports/net/fping/pkg/DESCR

fping quickly pings multiple hosts, specified on the command-line or
in a file, to determine their reachability without flooding the network.
Instead of trying one host until it times out or replies, fping will
send out a ping packet and move on to the next host in a round-robin
fashion. If a host replies, it is noted and removed from the list of
hosts to check. If a host does not respond within a certain time limit
and/or retry limit it will be considered unreachable. 

fping is meant to be used in scripts and its output is easy to parse.

N.B. The binaries installed by this package are setuid root.
- install fping setuid root, it's a batch tool frequently used from software which should not run as root, and doing this manually after a pkg_add update is error-prone. - rewrite DESCR. clearly note that the binaries are made setuid. - Makefile de-uglification. - bump PKGNAME. no objections to the setuid change from ajacoutot@, weerd@ "I think its utterly retarded not to suid it for you" phessler@ 2009-07-15 04:25:31 -04:00			`fping quickly pings multiple hosts, specified on the command-line or`
			`in a file, to determine their reachability without flooding the network.`
			`Instead of trying one host until it times out or replies, fping will`
			`send out a ping packet and move on to the next host in a round-robin`
			`fashion. If a host replies, it is noted and removed from the list of`
			`hosts to check. If a host does not respond within a certain time limit`
			`and/or retry limit it will be considered unreachable.`
fping. A tool to quickly ping N number of hosts to determine their reachability without flooding the network. 2000-03-24 06:02:35 -05:00
- install fping setuid root, it's a batch tool frequently used from software which should not run as root, and doing this manually after a pkg_add update is error-prone. - rewrite DESCR. clearly note that the binaries are made setuid. - Makefile de-uglification. - bump PKGNAME. no objections to the setuid change from ajacoutot@, weerd@ "I think its utterly retarded not to suid it for you" phessler@ 2009-07-15 04:25:31 -04:00			`fping is meant to be used in scripts and its output is easy to parse.`
fping. A tool to quickly ping N number of hosts to determine their reachability without flooding the network. 2000-03-24 06:02:35 -05:00
- install fping setuid root, it's a batch tool frequently used from software which should not run as root, and doing this manually after a pkg_add update is error-prone. - rewrite DESCR. clearly note that the binaries are made setuid. - Makefile de-uglification. - bump PKGNAME. no objections to the setuid change from ajacoutot@, weerd@ "I think its utterly retarded not to suid it for you" phessler@ 2009-07-15 04:25:31 -04:00			`N.B. The binaries installed by this package are setuid root.`