.\" $KAME: traceroute6.8,v 1.8 2000/06/12 16:29:18 itojun Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project. .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" 3. Neither the name of the project nor the names of its contributors .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software .\" without specific prior written permission. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE PROJECT AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROJECT OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/traceroute6/traceroute6.8,v 1.1.2.7 2001/08/16 15:56:37 ru Exp $ .\" .Dd May 17, 1998 .Dt TRACEROUTE6 8 .Os .\" .Sh NAME .Nm traceroute6 .Nd "print the route IPv6 packets will take to the destination" .\" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Bk -words .Op Fl dlnrv .Ek .Bk -words .Op Fl f Ar firsthop .Ek .Bk -words .Op Fl g Ar gateway .Ek .Bk -words .Op Fl m Ar hoplimit .Ek .Bk -words .Op Fl p Ar port .Ek .Bk -words .Op Fl q Ar probes .Ek .Bk -words .Op Fl s Ar src .Ek .Bk -words .Op Fl w Ar waittime .Ek .Bk -words .Ar target .Op Ar datalen .Ek .\" .Sh DESCRIPTION .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl d Debug mode. .It Fl f Ar firsthop Specify how many hops to skip in trace. .It Fl g Ar gateway Specify intermediate gateway .Nm ( uses routing header). .It Fl m Ar hoplimit Specify maximum hoplimit. .It Fl l Print both host hostnames and numeric addresses. Normally .Nm prints only hostnames if .Fl n is not specified, and only numeric addresses if .Fl n is specified. .It Fl n Do not resolve numeric address to hostname. .It Fl p Ar port Set UDP port number to .Ar port . .It Fl q Ar probes Set the number of probe per hop count to .Ar probes . .It Fl r .It Fl s Ar src .Ar Src specifies the source IPv6 address to be used. .It Fl v Be verbose. .It Fl w Ar waittime Specify the delay time between probes. .El .\" .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Nm command will exit with 0 on success, and non-zero on errors. .\" .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ping 8 , .Xr ping6 8 , .Xr traceroute 8 .\" .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command first appeared in WIDE hydrangea IPv6 protocol stack kit.