The complete documentation is contained in the man pages.

The man page can be read before installation with this command:

   nroff -man xping.man

Building:

   The Xaw-XPM widget set is needed to build this package.  It can be
   obtained from either of:

      ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/X/Xaw-XPM-1.1.tar.gz
      http://www.zip.com.au/~bb/stuff/Xaw-XPM-1.1.tar.gz

   Or it is available in RPM form at:

      ftp://contrib.redhat.com/libc5/i386/XawXpm-1.1-1.i386.rpm

   Additional information on Xaw-XPM is available at:

      http://www.zip.com.au/~bb/XawXpm

   The Xaw-XPM build directory curiously lacks a directory that is present in
   the binary installation.  It is not necessary to build Xaw-XPM, but is
   necessary to build xping.  You will need to add it:

      cd $XAWXPM_BUILD_DIR/X11
      ln -s Xaw3d XawXpm

   Unless running on a Linux/Intel system, the makefile header will need to
   be updated manually for your system.  I'm afraid this is not automated.
   The important variables are CC, LD, XAWXPMDIR, CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, and LIBS.
   I have included some examples for various systems where I've built xping.
   You will also want to delete the lines in the makefile starting with "# DO
   NOT DELETE" to the end of the file.  Yes, I'm aware of the irony.

   Once the makefile is set up correctly, simply type:

      make

Installation:

   To install in an official location:

      cp -p xping     /usr/X11R6/bin
      cp -p xping.man /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xping.1x

   To install in /usr/local:

      cp -p xping     /usr/local/bin
      cp -p xping.man /usr/local/man/man1/xping.1
