https://github.com/eamanu/aping

Advanced ping program
https://github.com/eamanu/aping

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Advanced ping program

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/eamanu/aping
• Owner: eamanu
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2018-06-27T02:34:11.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-07-25T10:08:12.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-15T08:10:28.725Z (12 days ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 79.1 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: ChangeLog
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: COPYING

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# Aping

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Aping (Advanced ping program) is a network ping utility written entirely in the Python programming language, which in addition to the standard ping program can execute four types of ICMP probes (pings): echo request (the standard ping), timestamp request, address mask request, and information request.

Aping was initially written by Kantor A. Zsolt . This is a project that started in 2007. In 2018 was Overtaken and maintained by Emmanuel Arias 

The project homepage is: http://www.nongnu.org/aping

Development webpage is: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/Aping

## Readme file for Aping

The program license is described in COPYING

The program documentation license is described in COPYING-DOCS

## REQUIREMENTS:

Some kind of GNU/Linux distribution

Python version 2.3 or higher installed (the C implementation)

## INSTALLATION:

If you read this I think you have already extracted the tarball. Aping needs no

additional installation or configuration, just download, extract and run it from

a terminal.

### INSTALLATION via setup.py or pip

You can install aping doing:

    

    git clone https://github.com/eamanu/Aping/Aping.py

    cd Aping

    python setup.py install

 

 or via pip:

 

    pip install ApingTool

## USAGE:

Aping is a non-interactive command line interface application. So you must to 

use Aping options to talk with the program. Open a terminal/shell go in the

directory where Aping was extracted and for a list of options use the -h or     

--help commands (eg. ./aping.py --help), or enter in the manual directory and 

type: man ./Aping.1 to see a more detailed description of the options 

### New Usage

If you install Aping via pip or setup.py you can just run:

    sudo aping 8.8.8.8

## CONTACT:   

If you have some comments, suggestions or a patch send to: 

The author personal e-mail address: [email protected]

or

The maintainer personal e-mail address: [email protected]

## TODO LIST

Please, take a look at TODO.md file

## Contribution

Please, read [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/eamanu/Aping/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for contributions. 

Thanks!