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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:34:18 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:34:18 +0000
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The .Nm utility
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index 9fee24e..3c40e1c 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -72,12 +72,14 @@
.Op Fl u
.Op Fl C
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Ifconfig
-is used to assign an address
+The
+.Nm
+utility is used to assign an address
to a network interface and/or configure
network interface parameters.
-.Nm Ifconfig
-must be used at boot time to define the network address
+The
+.Nm
+utility must be used at boot time to define the network address
of each interface present on a machine; it may also be used at
a later time to redefine an interface's address
or other operating parameters.
@@ -643,8 +645,9 @@ Included for
compatibility.
.El
.Pp
-.Nm Ifconfig
-displays the current configuration for a network interface
+The
+.Nm
+utility displays the current configuration for a network interface
when no optional parameters are supplied.
If a protocol family is specified,
.Nm
@@ -721,5 +724,5 @@ So, such manual deletions are strongly discouraged.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-command appeared in
+utility appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
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