commit 95b498f29e1055c92e1faec058002f36857f3340
parent e53647a438d8a8078dc125c82d3e4cdb35c138ef
Author: Alexander Bachler Jansson <alexander@pingdom.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 08:05:04 +0100
Updated README.md
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -2,19 +2,22 @@ cnping
======
Minimal Graphical IPV4 Ping Tool. (also comes with searchnet, like nmap but smaller and simpler). It uses rawdraw so it is OS independent.
+```
+Usage: cnping [host] [period] [extra size] [y-axis scaling] [window title]
-Usage: cnping [host] [period] [extra size] [y-axis scaling]
-
- [host] -- domain or IP address of ping target
- [period] -- period in seconds (optional), default 0.02
- [extra size] -- ping packet extra size (above 12), optional, default = 0
- [const y-axis scaling] -- use a fixed scaling factor instead of auto scaling (optional)
-
+ [host] -- domain or IP address of ping target
+ [period] -- period in seconds (optional), default 0.02
+ [extra size] -- ping packet extra size (above 12), optional, default = 0
+ [const y-axis scaling] -- use a fixed scaling factor instead of auto scaling (optional)
+ [window title] -- the title of the window (optional)
+```
Picture:
<IMG SRC=cnping.png>
-To build on ubuntu, please run:
+## Installation:
+
+### Ubuntu:
```
sudo apt install libxinerama-dev libxext-dev libx11-dev build-essential
@@ -24,8 +27,9 @@ make linuxinstall
'linuxinstall' builds the tool and copies it to your usr/local/bin folder, and sets the sticky bit allowing it to run as though it were root, allowing it to create raw sockets.
```
- sudo cp cnping /usr/local/bin/
- sudo chmod +s /usr/local/bin/cnping
+sudo cp cnping /usr/local/bin/
+sudo chmod +s /usr/local/bin/cnping
```
+### Archlinux:
-
+ [cnping-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cnping-git/) in the [Arch User Repository](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository)
