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<REFENTRYTITLE>irdaping</REFENTRYTITLE>
<MANVOLNUM>8</MANVOLNUM>
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<REFNAMEDIV>
<REFNAME>irdaping</REFNAME> 
  <REFPURPOSE>
sends IrDA test frames
  </REFPURPOSE>
</REFNAMEDIV>

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<CMDSYNOPSIS>
  <COMMAND>irdaping</COMMAND>
  <ARG><REPLACEABLE>daddr</REPLACEABLE></ARG>
  <ARG><REPLACEABLE>-s framesize</REPLACEABLE></ARG>
</CMDSYNOPSIS>
</REFSYNOPSISDIV>

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<TITLE>OPTIONS</TITLE>

<PARA>
<OPTION>daddr</OPTION> ...
</PARA>

<PARA>
<OPTION>-s framesize</OPTION> ...
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</REFSECT1>

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<TITLE>DESCRIPTION</TITLE>

<PARA>
This is a program similar to <COMMAND>ping(8)</COMMAND>. It sends IrDA test frames (added some userdata which contains the frame number and the time the frame was sent). You can change the size of the frame by using the <COMMAND>-s</COMMAND> option. To get <COMMAND>daddr</COMMAND> you
may use <COMMAND>irdadump</COMMAND>.
</PARA>

<PARA>
<COMMAND>irdaping</COMMAND> must be run as root or installed setuid root, 
as it requires root privileges.
</PARA>

</REFSECT1>

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<TITLE>EXAMPLES</TITLE>

<PARA>
<COMMAND>irdaping &lt;daddr&gt; [-s &lt;framesize&gt;]</COMMAND>
</PARA>

<PARA>
You may use an <COMMAND>alias</COMMAND>, which does not use any parameter 
<COMMAND>alias irping="irdaping \`grep daddr /proc/net/irda/discovery|sed s/.*daddr://\`"</COMMAND>
It works fine when there is only one discovered client.
</PARA>


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<TITLE>DIAGNOSTICS</TITLE>

<PARA>
N.N.
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<TITLE>BUGS</TITLE>

<PARA>
N.N.
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