From 93101c4d91175876d1fecc9c0d531626f74af29c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jtc Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 01:18:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] spray(8) manpage, from Jim Jegers. Expanded and edited by myself. --- usr.sbin/spray/Makefile | 4 +-- usr.sbin/spray/spray.8 | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 usr.sbin/spray/spray.8 diff --git a/usr.sbin/spray/Makefile b/usr.sbin/spray/Makefile index f39afb898dd5..522ca1eb4e88 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/spray/Makefile +++ b/usr.sbin/spray/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -# $Id: Makefile,v 1.1 1993/12/03 02:10:22 jtc Exp $ +# $Id: Makefile,v 1.2 1995/07/11 01:18:05 jtc Exp $ PROG= spray -NOMAN= +MAN= spray.8 LDADD= -lrpcsvc .include diff --git a/usr.sbin/spray/spray.8 b/usr.sbin/spray/spray.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7e9a4a1705e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/spray/spray.8 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1994 James A. Jegers +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd July 10, 1995 +.Dt SPRAY 8 +.Os NetBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm spray +.Nd send many packets to host +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm spray +.Op Fl c Ar count +.Op Fl d Ar delay +.Op Fl l Ar length +.Ar host +\&... +.Ek +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Spray +sends multiple RPC packets to +.Ar host +and records how many of them were correctly received and how long it took. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl c Ar count +Send +.Ar count +packets. +.It Fl d Ar delay +Pause +.Ar delay +microseconds between sending each packet. +.It Fl l Ar length +Set the length of the packet that holds the RPC call message to +.Ar length +bytes. +Not all values of +.Ar length +are possible because RPC data is encoded using XDR. +.Nm Spray +rounds up to the nearest possible value. +.El +.Pp +.Nm Spray +is intended for use in network testing, measurement, and management. +This command +.Bf -emphasis +can be very hard on a network and should be used with caution. +.Ef +.Pp +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr netstat 1 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr ping 8 , +.Xr rpc.sprayd 8