fping (Pete's notes)

Under Mac OS X

(as root)
fink install fping
chmod +s /sw/bin/fping


Under Linux

(as root)
cd /usr/src
ftp gate.ucar.edu
anonymous@ftp.stanford.edu
siemsen@ucar.edu
cd /pub/packages/fping
binary
fping-2.2b1.tar.gz
quit
gunzip fping-2.2b1.tar.gz
tar xf fping-2.2b1.tar
rm fping-2.2b1.tar
cd fping-2.2b1
./configure
xemacs fping.c
(comment-out line 222) make
make install
make clean
chmod 4555 /usr/local/sbin/fping