source: BOOK/final-system/common/iputils.xml@ 012dfcb

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<sect1 id="ch-system-iputils" role="wrap">
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  <title>IPutils-&iputils-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils">
    <primary sortas="a-IPutils">IPutils</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The IPutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of IPutils</title>

    <para os="p1">IPutils has various issues addressed by the following patch:</para>

<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&iputils-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>

    <para os="p3">The following patch contains the man-pages for IPutils:</para>

<screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np0 -i ../&iputils-manpages-patch;</userinput></screen>

    <para os="a">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="c">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para os="d">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="e"><userinput>install -v -m755 ping{,6} /bin
install -v -m755 arping /usr/bin
install -v -m755 clockdiff /usr/bin
install -v -m755 rdisc /usr/bin
install -v -m755 tracepath /usr/bin
install -v -m755 trace{path,route}6 /usr/bin
install -v -m644 doc/*.8 /usr/share/man/man8</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-iputils" role="content">
    <title>Contents of iputils</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>arping, clockdiff, ping, ping6, rdisc, tracepath, tracepath6, and traceroute6</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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      <varlistentry id="arping">
        <term><command>arping</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Sends an ARP request to a neighbor host</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils arping">
            <primary sortas="b-arping">arping</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="clockdiff">
        <term><command>clockdiff</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Measures the clock difference between hosts</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils clockdiff">
            <primary sortas="b-clockdiff">clockdiff</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ping">
        <term><command>ping</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
          take. This is the IPV4 version</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils ping">
            <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ping6">
        <term><command>ping6</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
          take. This is the IPV6 version</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils ping6">
            <primary sortas="b-ping6">ping6</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rdisc">
        <term><command>rdisc</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Network router discovery daemon</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils rdisc">
            <primary sortas="b-rdisc">rdisc</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="tracepath">
        <term><command>tracepath</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Traces the path to a network host discovering MTU along the
          path. This is the IPV4 version.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils tracepath">
            <primary sortas="b-tracepath">tracepath</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="tracepath6">
        <term><command>tracepath6</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Traces the path to a network host discovering MTU along the
          path. This is the IPV6 version.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils tracepath6">
            <primary sortas="b-tracepath6">tracepath6</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="traceroute6">
        <term><command>traceroute6</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Traces the path to a network host on an IPV6 network</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils traceroute6">
            <primary sortas="b-traceroute6">traceroute6</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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