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authorTobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>2020-07-13 19:49:34 +0200
committerTobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>2020-07-14 02:00:43 +0200
commit7d212938ff93bc5e8a7c5184229f31118d41ae67 (patch)
tree84b7b17b4dfa40214f57e2332be281c05b6958f8 /gnu
parent455933c60554ce8a60d58c9e2713d74456d235ce (diff)
gnu: fping: Edit description.
* gnu/packages/networking.scm (fping)[description]: Fix a typo & mark it up.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/networking.scm b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
index d4c8905974..d5f86fb09b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/networking.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
@@ -997,13 +997,14 @@ network frames.")
(home-page "https://fping.org/")
(synopsis "Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts")
(description
- "fping is a ping like program which uses the Internet Control Message
-Protocol (ICMP) echo request to determine if a target host is responding.
-fping differs from ping in that you can specify any number of targets on the
-command line, or specify a file containing the lists of targets to ping.
-Instead of sending to one target until it times out or replies, fping will
-send out a ping packet and move on to the next target in a round-robin
-fashion.")
+ "fping is a ping-like program which uses @acronym{ICMP, Internet Control
+Message Protocol} echo requests to determine if a target host is responding.
+
+@command{fping} differs from @command{ping} in that you can specify any number
+of targets on the command line, or specify a file containing the lists of
+targets to ping. Instead of sending to one target until it times out or
+replies, fping will send out a ping packet and move on to the next target in a
+round-robin fashion.")
(license license:expat)))
(define-public gandi.cli