@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ ab is a tool for benchmarking your Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) ser
-A \fIauth-username\fR:\fIpassword\fR
Supply BASIC Authentication credentials to the server\&. The username and password are separated by a single : and sent on the wire base64 encoded\&. The string is sent regardless of whether the server needs it (\fIi\&.e\&.\fR, has sent an 401 authentication needed)\&.
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-b \fIwindowsize\fR
Size of TCP send/receive buffer, in bytes\&.
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-c \fIconcurrency\fR
Number of multiple requests to perform at a time\&. Default is one request at a time\&.
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@@ -55,6 +58,9 @@ Do not display the "percentage served within XX [ms] table"\&. (legacy support)\
-e \fIcsv-file\fR
Write a Comma separated value (CSV) file which contains for each percentage (from 1% to 100%) the time (in milliseconds) it took to serve that percentage of the requests\&. This is usually more useful than the 'gnuplot' file; as the results are already 'binned'\&.
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-f \fIprotocol\fR
Specify SSL/TLS protocol (SSL2, SSL3, TLS1, or ALL)\&.
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-g \fIgnuplot-file\fR
Write all measured values out as a 'gnuplot' or TSV (Tab separate values) file\&. This file can easily be imported into packages like Gnuplot, IDL, Mathematica, Igor or even Excel\&. The labels are on the first line of the file\&.
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@@ -82,6 +88,9 @@ Supply BASIC Authentication credentials to a proxy en-route\&. The username and
-q
When processing more than 150 requests, ab outputs a progress count on stderr every 10% or 100 requests or so\&. The -q flag will suppress these messages\&.
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-r
Don't exit on socket receive errors\&.
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-s
When compiled in (ab -h will show you) use the SSL protected https rather than the http protocol\&. This feature is experimental and \fIvery\fR rudimentary\&. You probably do not want to use it\&.
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@@ -114,6 +123,9 @@ String to use as attributes for <tr>\&.
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-z \fI<td>-attributes\fR
String to use as attributes for <td>\&.
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-Z \fIciphersuite\fR
Specify SSL/TLS cipher suite (See openssl ciphers)