.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.40.4. .TH TRACEROUTE "1" "December 2011" "GNU inetutils 1.9" "User Commands" .SH NAME traceroute \- Trace the route to a host .SH SYNOPSIS .B traceroute [\fIOPTION\fR...] \fIHOST\fR .SH DESCRIPTION Print the route packets trace to network host. .TP \fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-type\fR=\fIMETHOD\fR use METHOD (`icmp' or `udp') for traceroute operations .TP \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-port\fR=\fIPORT\fR use destination PORT port (default: 33434) .TP \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-tries\fR=\fINUM\fR send NUM probe packets per hop (default: 3) .TP \fB\-\-resolve\-hostnames\fR resolve hostnames .TP \-?, \fB\-\-help\fR give this help list .TP \fB\-\-usage\fR give a short usage message .TP \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR print program version .PP Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options. .SH AUTHOR Written by Elian Gidoni. .SH "REPORTING BUGS" Report bugs to . .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright \(co 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . .br This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. .SH "SEE ALSO" The full documentation for .B traceroute is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the .B info and .B traceroute programs are properly installed at your site, the command .IP .B info traceroute .PP should give you access to the complete manual.