NAME

spray — send many packets to host

SYNOPSIS

spray

[-c count] [-d delay] [-l length] host ...

DESCRIPTION

spray sends multiple RPC packets to host and records how many of them were correctly received and how long it took.

The options are as follows:

-c count

Send count packets.

-d delay

Pause delay microseconds between sending each packet.

-l length

Set the length of the packet that holds the RPC call message to length bytes. Not all values of length are possible because RPC data is encoded using XDR. spray rounds up to the nearest possible value.

spray is intended for use in network testing, measurement, and management. This command

SEE ALSO

netstat(1), ifconfig(8), ping(8), rpc.sprayd(8)