{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "fping6",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/fping6/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-14T13:01:32Z",
    "synopsis": "fping6 [ options ] [ systems... ]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "fping6 - backwards compatibility with fping below version 4.0\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "fping6 [ options ] [ systems... ]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "fping6 is a backwards-compatibility symbolic link to fping solely for the purpose to be able\nto specify Smokeping remote configurations which work on systems with fping ≥ 4.0 as well as\non systems with fping < 4.0.\n\nPlease do not use fping in in scripts or configurations which don't require it for backwards-\ncompatibility with older fping versions. It will vanish as soon as it's no more required in\nsetups as mentioned above.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "fping(8)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "This man page was written by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> for the Debian Project, but may be\nused by others.\n\n\n\nBACKWARDS-COMPATIBILITY                      2022-02-07                                    FPING6(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "fping6 - backwards compatibility with fping below version 4.0",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "fping",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/fping/8/json"
        }
    ]
}