Stole the logic in check_ping that allows it to autodetect whether an address is ipv6 or not. Now the user does not have to specify -6 when using check_fping with ipv6 addresses.
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
xasprintf(&option_string, "%s-I %s ", option_string, sourceif);
#ifdef PATH_TO_FPING6
- if (address_family == AF_INET6)
+ if (address_family != AF_INET && is_inet6_addr(server))
fping_prog = strdup(PATH_TO_FPING6);
else
fping_prog = strdup(PATH_TO_FPING);