source: BOOK/final-system/common/iputils.xml @ 99ef41b

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Last change on this file since 99ef41b was 99ef41b, checked in by William Harrington <kb0iic@…>, 9 years ago

Update build commands and installed files entries for iputils update.

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-iputils" role="wrap">
9  <?dbhtml filename="iputils.html"?>
10
11  <title>IPutils-&iputils-version;</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils">
14    <primary sortas="a-IPutils">IPutils</primary>
15  </indexterm>
16
17  <sect2 role="package">
18    <title/>
19
20    <para>The IPutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>
21
22  </sect2>
23
24  <sect2 role="installation">
25    <title>Installation of IPutils</title>
26
27    <para os="p1">Apply the following patch for man-pages and build edits:</para>
28
29<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&iputils-build-patch;</userinput></screen>
30
31    <para os="a">Compile the package:</para>
32
33<screen os="b"><userinput>make USE_CAP=no \
34    TARGETS="clockdiff ping rdisc tracepath tracepath6 traceroute6</userinput></screen>
35
36    <para os="c">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
37
38    <para os="d">Install the package:</para>
39
40<screen os="e"><userinput>install -v -m755 ping /bin
41install -v -m755 clockdiff /usr/bin
42install -v -m755 rdisc /usr/bin
43install -v -m755 tracepath /usr/bin
44install -v -m755 trace{path,route}6 /usr/bin
45install -v -m644 doc/*.8 /usr/share/man/man8
46ln -sv ping /bin/ping4
47ln -sv ping /bin/ping6</userinput></screen>
48
49  </sect2>
50
51  <sect2 id="contents-iputils" role="content">
52    <title>Contents of iputils</title>
53
54    <segmentedlist>
55      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
56
57      <seglistitem>
58        <seg>clockdiff, ping, rdisc, tracepath, tracepath6, traceroute6, ping4 (link to ping), ping6 (link to ping)</seg>
59      </seglistitem>
60    </segmentedlist>
61
62    <variablelist>
63      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
64      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
65      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
66<!--
67      <varlistentry id="arping">
68        <term><command>arping</command></term>
69        <listitem>
70          <para>Sends an ARP request to a neighbor host</para>
71          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils arping">
72            <primary sortas="b-arping">arping</primary>
73          </indexterm>
74        </listitem>
75      </varlistentry>
76-->
77      <varlistentry id="clockdiff">
78        <term><command>clockdiff</command></term>
79        <listitem>
80          <para>Measures the clock difference between hosts</para>
81          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils clockdiff">
82            <primary sortas="b-clockdiff">clockdiff</primary>
83          </indexterm>
84        </listitem>
85      </varlistentry>
86
87      <varlistentry id="ping">
88        <term><command>ping</command></term>
89        <listitem>
90          <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
91          take.</para>
92          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils ping">
93            <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
94          </indexterm>
95        </listitem>
96      </varlistentry>
97
98      <varlistentry id="ping4">
99        <term><command>ping</command></term>
100        <listitem>
101          <para>Executes ping for IPV4 support</para>
102          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils ping4">
103            <primary sortas="b-ping4">ping</primary>
104          </indexterm>
105        </listitem>
106      </varlistentry>
107
108      <varlistentry id="ping6">
109        <term><command>ping6</command></term>
110        <listitem>
111          <para>Executes ping for  IPV6 support</para>
112          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils ping6">
113            <primary sortas="b-ping6">ping6</primary>
114          </indexterm>
115        </listitem>
116      </varlistentry>
117
118      <varlistentry id="rdisc">
119        <term><command>rdisc</command></term>
120        <listitem>
121          <para>Network router discovery daemon</para>
122          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils rdisc">
123            <primary sortas="b-rdisc">rdisc</primary>
124          </indexterm>
125        </listitem>
126      </varlistentry>
127
128      <varlistentry id="tracepath">
129        <term><command>tracepath</command></term>
130        <listitem>
131          <para>Traces the path to a network host discovering MTU along the
132          path. This is the IPV4 version.</para>
133          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils tracepath">
134            <primary sortas="b-tracepath">tracepath</primary>
135          </indexterm>
136        </listitem>
137      </varlistentry>
138
139      <varlistentry id="tracepath6">
140        <term><command>tracepath6</command></term>
141        <listitem>
142          <para>Traces the path to a network host discovering MTU along the
143          path. This is the IPV6 version.</para>
144          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils tracepath6">
145            <primary sortas="b-tracepath6">tracepath6</primary>
146          </indexterm>
147        </listitem>
148      </varlistentry>
149
150      <varlistentry id="traceroute6">
151        <term><command>traceroute6</command></term>
152        <listitem>
153          <para>Traces the path to a network host on an IPV6 network</para>
154          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils traceroute6">
155            <primary sortas="b-traceroute6">traceroute6</primary>
156          </indexterm>
157        </listitem>
158      </varlistentry>
159
160    </variablelist>
161
162  </sect2>
163
164</sect1>
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