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.\"	$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.