Package: spinner (1.2.4-6 and others)

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Sends small packets over a idle link

spinner sends small packets (null packets or a fancy ASCII spin fan with motion) to keep a link up.

It is the perfect application to keep alive a connection over routers which disconnect a link after some idle time.

Tags: Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Role: role::program, scope::utility, Purpose: Transmission

Other Packages Related to spinner

• dep: libc6 (>= 2.11) [not alpha, arm64, ia64, ppc64el, riscv64, sh4, x32]

  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.16) [x32]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.17) [arm64, ppc64el]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.33) [sh4]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.34) [riscv64]

• dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.11) [alpha]

  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb

  dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.33) [ia64]

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Architecture	Version	Package Size	Installed Size	Files
alpha (unofficial port)	1.2.4-6	17.9 kB	47.0 kB	[list of files]
amd64	1.2.4-6	18.2 kB	51.0 kB	[list of files]
arm64	1.2.4-6	17.6 kB	43.0 kB	[list of files]
armel	1.2.4-6	17.3 kB	42.0 kB	[list of files]
armhf	1.2.4-6	17.4 kB	38.0 kB	[list of files]
hppa (unofficial port)	1.2.4-6	18.2 kB	43.0 kB	[list of files]
i386	1.2.4-6	18.1 kB	46.0 kB	[list of files]
ia64 (unofficial port)	1.2.4-6	19.4 kB	55.0 kB	[list of files]
m68k (unofficial port)	1.2.4-6	16.8 kB	46.0 kB	[list of files]
mips64el	1.2.4-6	17.4 kB	48.0 kB	[list of files]
ppc64 (unofficial port)	1.2.4-6	18.1 kB	88.0 kB	[list of files]
ppc64el	1.2.4-6	17.9 kB	87.0 kB	[list of files]
riscv64	1.2.4-6+b1	17.3 kB	44.0 kB	[list of files]
s390x	1.2.4-6	17.3 kB	43.0 kB	[list of files]
sh4 (unofficial port)	1.2.4-6	18.2 kB	42.0 kB	[list of files]
sparc64 (unofficial port)	1.2.4-6	17.4 kB	48.0 kB	[list of files]
x32 (unofficial port)	1.2.4-6	17.9 kB	46.0 kB	[list of files]