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Better document -B backoff-factor and when it can be used (#33, Oleksiy Zagorskyi), fixes #33

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David Schweikert 2014-05-04 22:22:53 +02:00
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* Allow option '-f' also for non-root (since setuid privileges are dropped)
* Remove support for NIS groups
* Do not retry twice DNS lookup on DNS lookup problem
* Better document -B backoff-factor and when it can be used (#33, Oleksiy Zagorskyi)
2014-03-08 David Schweikert <david@schweikert.ch>
* Version 3.9

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Backoff factor. In the default mode, B<fping> sends several requests to a
target before giving up, waiting longer for a reply on each successive request.
This parameter is the value by which the wait time is multiplied on each
successive request; it must be entered as a floating-point number (x.y). The
This parameter is the value by which the wait time (B<-t>) is multiplied on each
successive request; it must be entered as a floating-point number (x.y). The
default is 1.5.
=item B<-c> I<n>
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Initial target timeout in milliseconds (default 500). In the default mode, this
is the amount of time that B<fping> waits for a response to its first request.
Successive timeouts are multiplied by the backoff factor.
Successive timeouts are multiplied by the backoff factor specified with B<-B>.
Note that this option has no effect looping or counting modes (B<-l>, B<-c>, or
B<-C>).
=item B<-T> I<n>