# phpman > man > FPING6(8)

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## NAME
       fping6 - backwards compatibility with fping below version 4.0

## SYNOPSIS
       **fping6** [ _options_ ] [ _systems..._ ]

## DESCRIPTION
       **fping6** is a backwards-compatibility symbolic link to **fping** solely for the purpose to be able
       to specify Smokeping remote configurations which work on systems with fping ≥ 4.0 as well as
       on systems with fping < 4.0.

       Please do _not_ use fping in in scripts or configurations which don't require it for backwards-
       compatibility with older fping versions. It will vanish as soon as it's no more required in
       setups as mentioned above.

## SEE ALSO
       [fping(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/fping/8/markdown)

## AUTHOR
       This man page was written by Axel Beckert <<abe@debian.org>> for the Debian Project, but may be
       used by others.



BACKWARDS-COMPATIBILITY                      2022-02-07                                    [FPING6(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/FPING6/8/markdown)