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30.\"	$FreeBSD$
31.\"
32.Dd May 17, 1998
33.Dt TRACEROUTE6 8
34.Os
35.\"
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm traceroute6
38.Nd "print the route IPv6 packets will take to the destination"
39.\"
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm
42.Bk -words
43.Op Fl dIlnrv
44.Ek
45.Bk -words
46.Op Fl f Ar firsthop
47.Ek
48.Bk -words
49.Op Fl g Ar gateway
50.Ek
51.Bk -words
52.Op Fl m Ar hoplimit
53.Ek
54.Bk -words
55.Op Fl p Ar port
56.Ek
57.Bk -words
58.Op Fl q Ar probes
59.Ek
60.Bk -words
61.Op Fl s Ar src
62.Ek
63.Bk -words
64.Op Fl w Ar waittime
65.Ek
66.Bk -words
67.Ar target
68.Op Ar datalen
69.Ek
70.\"
71.Sh DESCRIPTION
72.Bl -tag -width Ds
73.It Fl d
74Debug mode.
75.It Fl f Ar firsthop
76Specify how many hops to skip in trace.
77.It Fl g Ar gateway
78Specify intermediate gateway
79.Po
80.Nm
81uses routing header
82.Pc .
83.It Fl I
84Use ICMP6 ECHO instead of UDP datagrams.
85.It Fl l
86Print both host hostnames and numeric addresses.
87Normally
88.Nm
89prints only hostnames if
90.It Fl m Ar hoplimit
91Specify maximum hoplimit.
92.Fl n
93is not specified, and only numeric addresses if
94.Fl n
95is specified.
96.It Fl n
97Do not resolve numeric address to hostname.
98.It Fl p Ar port
99Set UDP port number to
100.Ar port .
101.It Fl q Ar probes
102Set the number of probe per hop count to
103.Ar probes .
104.It Fl r
105.It Fl s Ar src
106.Ar Src
107specifies the source IPv6 address to be used.
108.It Fl v
109Be verbose.
110.It Fl w Ar waittime
111Specify the delay time between probes.
112.El
113.\"
114.Sh RETURN VALUES
115The
116.Nm
117command will exit with 0 on success, and non-zero on errors.
118.\"
119.Sh SEE ALSO
120.Xr ping 8 ,
121.Xr ping6 8 ,
122.Xr traceroute 8
123.\"
124.Sh HISTORY
125The
126.Nm
127command first appeared in WIDE hydrangea IPv6 protocol stack kit.
128