Re: [bug-inetutils] ping, --count=NUMBER

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Alfred M. Szmidt <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> It would work the same way as POSIXLY_CORRECLY.

OK, then, to make it clear:

1) BSD_ME_HARDER=0

  Ping default number of times and exit.

2) BSD_ME_HARDER=1

  Ping until user breaks by C-c.

3) BSD_ME_HARDER is undefined

  Same as 2)

If that's what you mean, then it's OK with me.  The (3) is important to
not break the default behaviour.  However the variable name seems
strange to me.  Speaking about environment variables, I'd 
rather propose, instead of BSD_ME_HARDER, to introduce the PING_COUNT
variable with the following meaning:

1) PING_COUNT=0 or undefined
  Ping until user breaks by C-c.
  
2) PING_COUNT=N, where N is an integer number
  Ping that number of times and exit (unless overridden by -c).

How about that?  

Regards,
Sergey