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Dd July 10, 1995
Dt SPRAY 8
Os
Sh NAME
Nm spray
Nd send many packets to host
Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm
Op Fl c Ar count
Op Fl d Ar delay
Op Fl l Ar length
Ar host ...
Sh DESCRIPTION
Nm
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
rounds up to the nearest possible value.
El
Pp
Nm
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
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr netstat 1 ,
Xr ifconfig 8 ,
Xr ping 8 ,
Xr rpc.sprayd 8

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