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author | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-06 19:34:18 +0000 |
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committer | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-06 19:34:18 +0000 |
commit | a2accd01f0ac2f25d72443923819abceaf128119 (patch) | |
tree | 219860332a065e5cb6defc25dab58e4a8c7997cd /sbin/ifconfig | |
parent | 9639b20db64d084fa58b75058a2bd896b1f743e1 (diff) | |
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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 . |