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authorPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000
committerPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000
commit490d5836b5ab0c76675986696b1637fff97dfae2 (patch)
tree1cffbfcbeace5b3e6b01d3c6b67a9c10233bc810 /usr.sbin/spray/spray.8
parentfb9f73c4dd34b5748d573f1eb7edad1b4e0a3666 (diff)
The .Nm utility
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=99968
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@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@
.Op Fl l Ar length
.Ar host
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Spray
-sends multiple RPC packets to
+The
+.Nm
+utility sends multiple RPC packets to
.Ar host
and records how many of them were correctly received and how long it took.
.Pp
@@ -58,12 +59,14 @@ 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.
+The
+.Nm
+utility rounds up to the nearest possible value.
.El
.Pp
-.Nm Spray
-is intended for use in network testing, measurement, and management.
+The
+.Nm
+utility is intended for use in network testing, measurement, and management.
This command
.Em "can be very hard on a network and should be used with caution" .
.Sh SEE ALSO