echoping appears to compile and run at least on Tru64 (ex-Digital
Unix, ex-OSF/1), Solaris, Linux, SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, IRIX and
AI/X. You do not have to be root to install it.
Just type "./configure", then "make", "make test" if you wish (some
tests depend on local servers and/or Internet access, interpret with
care) and then (as root if necessary), "make install".
"configure" has some options:
--disable-http (suppress the HTTP support)
--disable-smtp (suppress the SMTP support)
--enable-icp (add the ICP support, to monitor Web proxies like Squid)
--with-ssl[=/where/is/ssl] (add the SSL support, you will need
the OpenSSL library )
--disable-ttcp (suppress the T/TCP support which is enabled only if
your system supports it - FreeBSD does. See
)
Standard "autoconf/configure" options are supported such as --prefix
to set the installation root directory.
If you get messages about va_start like:
error.c:29: macro `va_start' used with just one arg
it is a bug in echoping (triggered by C's inability to do modular
programming). Email the author and, in the meantime, configure
--without-ssl.
If 'echoping -h' replies with a "404" error while the file really exists,
check first that you use the FQDN of the server on the command line
(this is a consequence of the HTTP 1.1 protocol, not a bug in echoping
and this will show only if the HTTP server uses "virtual hosting").
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