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http_ping(1)           DragonFly General Commands Manual          http_ping(1)

NAME

http_ping - measure HTTP latency

SYNOPSIS

http_ping [-count n] [-interval n] [-quiet] [-proxy host:port] url

DESCRIPTION

http_ping runs an HTTP fetch every few seconds, timing how long it takes. Sample run: % http_ping http://www.example.com/ 7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 246.602 ms (9.923c/23.074r/213.605d) 7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 189.997 ms (11.619c/22.971r/155.407d) 7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 190.463 ms (8.994c/25.091r/156.378d) 7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 190.07 ms (9.234c/23.9r/156.936d) 7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 190.706 ms (10.142c/46.579r/133.985d) ^C --- http://www.example.com/ http_ping statistics --- 5 fetches started, 5 completed (100%), 0 failures (0%), 0 timeouts (0%) total min/avg/max = 189.997/201.568/246.602 ms connect min/avg/max = 8.994/9.9824/11.619 ms response min/avg/max = 22.971/28.323/46.579 ms data min/avg/max = 133.985/163.262/213.605 ms

OPTIONS

-count Stop after the specified number of fetches. Without this option, http_ping will continue until interrupted. -interval Wait the specified number of seconds between fetches. The default is five seconds. -quiet Only display the summary info at the end. -proxy Specifies a proxy host and port to use.

SEE ALSO

http_load(1), http_get(1), ping(8)

AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2001,2002 by Jef Poskanzer <jef@mail.acme.com>. All rights reserved. 03 April 2002 http_ping(1)

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