usually only root is able to invoke l2ping thus move to man section 8
---
tools/Makefile.am | 2 +-
tools/l2ping.1 | 76 -----------------------------------------------------
tools/l2ping.8 | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 tools/l2ping.1
create mode 100644 tools/l2ping.8
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index 6b0ad49..ee4c6b3 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
if TOOLS
tools_programs = hcitool l2ping sdptool ciptool
-tools_manfiles = hcitool.1 l2ping.1 sdptool.1 ciptool.1
+tools_manfiles = hcitool.1 l2ping.8 sdptool.1 ciptool.1
else
tools_programs =
tools_manfiles =
diff --git a/tools/l2ping.1 b/tools/l2ping.1
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d09b05..0000000
--- a/tools/l2ping.1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-.TH L2PING 1 "Jan 22 2002" BlueZ "Linux System Administration"
-.SH NAME
-l2ping \- Send L2CAP echo request and receive answer
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B l2ping
-.RB [\| \-i
-.IR <hciX> \|]
-.RB [\| \-s
-.IR size \|]
-.RB [\| \-c
-.IR count \|]
-.RB [\| \-t
-.IR timeout \|]
-.RB [\| \-d
-.IR delay \|]
-.RB [\| \-f \|]
-.RB [\| \-r \|]
-.RB [\| \-v \|]
-.I bd_addr
-
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.LP
-L2ping sends a L2CAP echo request to the Bluetooth MAC address
-.I bd_addr
-given in dotted hex notation.
-.SH OPTIONS
-.TP
-.BI \-i " <hciX>"
-The command is applied to device
-.BI
-hciX
-, which must be the name of an installed Bluetooth device (X = 0, 1, 2, ...)
-If not specified, the command will be sent to the first available Bluetooth
-device.
-.TP
-.BI \-s " size"
-The
-.I size
-of the data packets to be sent.
-.TP
-.BI \-c " count"
-Send
-.I count
-number of packets then exit.
-.TP
-.BI \-t " timeout"
-Wait
-.I timeout
-seconds for the response.
-.TP
-.BI \-d " delay"
-Wait
-.I delay
-seconds between pings.
-.TP
-.B \-f
-Kind of flood ping. Use with care! It reduces the delay time between packets
-to 0.
-.TP
-.B \-r
-Reverse ping (gnip?). Send echo response instead of echo request.
-.TP
-.B \-v
-Verify response payload is identical to request payload. It is not required for
-remote stacks to return the request payload, but most stacks do (including
-Bluez).
-.TP
-.I bd_addr
-The Bluetooth MAC address to be pinged in dotted hex notation like
-.B 01:02:03:ab:cd:ef
-or
-.B 01:EF:cd:aB:02:03
-.SH AUTHORS
-Written by Maxim Krasnyansky <[email protected]> and Marcel Holtmann <[email protected]>
-.PP
-man page by Nils Faerber <[email protected]>, Adam Laurie <[email protected]>.
diff --git a/tools/l2ping.8 b/tools/l2ping.8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b77ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/l2ping.8
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+.TH L2PING 8 "Jan 22 2002" BlueZ "Linux System Administration"
+.SH NAME
+l2ping \- Send L2CAP echo request and receive answer
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B l2ping
+.RB [\| \-i
+.IR <hciX> \|]
+.RB [\| \-s
+.IR size \|]
+.RB [\| \-c
+.IR count \|]
+.RB [\| \-t
+.IR timeout \|]
+.RB [\| \-d
+.IR delay \|]
+.RB [\| \-f \|]
+.RB [\| \-r \|]
+.RB [\| \-v \|]
+.I bd_addr
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.LP
+L2ping sends a L2CAP echo request to the Bluetooth MAC address
+.I bd_addr
+given in dotted hex notation.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BI \-i " <hciX>"
+The command is applied to device
+.BI
+hciX
+, which must be the name of an installed Bluetooth device (X = 0, 1, 2, ...)
+If not specified, the command will be sent to the first available Bluetooth
+device.
+.TP
+.BI \-s " size"
+The
+.I size
+of the data packets to be sent.
+.TP
+.BI \-c " count"
+Send
+.I count
+number of packets then exit.
+.TP
+.BI \-t " timeout"
+Wait
+.I timeout
+seconds for the response.
+.TP
+.BI \-d " delay"
+Wait
+.I delay
+seconds between pings.
+.TP
+.B \-f
+Kind of flood ping. Use with care! It reduces the delay time between packets
+to 0.
+.TP
+.B \-r
+Reverse ping (gnip?). Send echo response instead of echo request.
+.TP
+.B \-v
+Verify response payload is identical to request payload. It is not required for
+remote stacks to return the request payload, but most stacks do (including
+Bluez).
+.TP
+.I bd_addr
+The Bluetooth MAC address to be pinged in dotted hex notation like
+.B 01:02:03:ab:cd:ef
+or
+.B 01:EF:cd:aB:02:03
+.SH AUTHORS
+Written by Maxim Krasnyansky <[email protected]> and Marcel Holtmann <[email protected]>
+.PP
+man page by Nils Faerber <[email protected]>, Adam Laurie <[email protected]>.
--
1.6.3.3
Hi Johan,
> > usually only root is able to invoke l2ping thus move to man section 8
> > ---
> > tools/Makefile.am | 2 +-
> > tools/l2ping.1 | 76 -----------------------------------------------------
> > tools/l2ping.8 | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 3 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)
>
> This one is now pushed upstream. Thanks.
and it seems nobody checked with make distcheck that it still works. I
fixed that now.
Regards
Marcel
Hi Filippo,
On Wed, Jul 01, 2009, Filippo Giunchedi wrote:
> usually only root is able to invoke l2ping thus move to man section 8
> ---
> tools/Makefile.am | 2 +-
> tools/l2ping.1 | 76 -----------------------------------------------------
> tools/l2ping.8 | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)
This one is now pushed upstream. Thanks.
Johan