From 12b51be67146bf5619acb1110b54c291fcca6652 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Forster Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:33:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] oping(8): Document the colors used by noping. --- src/mans/oping.pod | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/mans/oping.pod b/src/mans/oping.pod index 0664514..6005b00 100644 --- a/src/mans/oping.pod +++ b/src/mans/oping.pod @@ -73,6 +73,22 @@ I is installed with the SUID-bit. =back +=head1 COLORS + +If supported by the terminal, I will highlight the round-trip times +(RTT) using the colors green, yellow and red. Green signals RTTs that are in +the "expected" range, yellow marks moderately unusual times and times that +differ a lot from the expected value are printed in red. + +The information used to categorize round-trip times is the I +round-trip time and the I. RTTs that differ from the +average by less than the standard deviation are considered to be "normal" and +are printed in green. Times that differ from the average more than the standard +deviation but less than twice the standard deviation are considered "moderately +unusual" and are printed in yellow. Times differing more than twice the +standard deviation from the average are considered to be "unusual" and are +printed in red. + =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L -- 2.11.0