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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1998-07-28 06:36:31 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1998-07-28 06:36:31 +0000
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Spelling, add rcsid, remove unused #includes.
Convert 1000000 usec to 1 sec 0 usec. Use provided safe malloc (rtmalloc()) instead of malloc(): exit on allocation failure. Correct use of .Nm Add usage() and use errx().
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+++ b/sbin/routed/rtquery/rtquery.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: rtquery.8,v 1.6 1997/02/22 14:33:13 peter Exp $
+.\" $Id: rtquery.8,v 1.7 1997/06/13 20:58:09 max Exp $
.Dd June 1, 1996
.Dt RTQUERY 8
.Os BSD 4.4
@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@
.Nm rtquery
.Nd query routing daemons for their routing tables
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm
+.Nm rtquery
.Op Fl np1
.Op Fl w Ar timeout
.Op Fl r Ar addr
.Op Fl a Ar secret
-.Ar host ...
-
-.Nm
+.Ar host
+.Ar
+.Nm rtquery
.Op Fl t Ar op
-.Ar host ...
+.Ar host
+.Ar
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Rtquery
is used to query a RIP network routing daemon,
@@ -30,20 +31,22 @@ command. The routing information in any routing
.Em response
packets returned is displayed numerically and symbolically.
.Pp
-.Em Rtquery
+.Nm Rtquery
by default uses the
.Em request
command.
When the
-.Ar -p
+.Fl p
option is specified,
-.Nm rtquery
+.Nm
uses the
.Em poll
command, an
undocumented extension to the RIP protocol supported by
.Xr gated 8 .
-When querying gated, the
+When querying
+.Xr gated 8 ,
+the
.Em poll
command is preferred over the
.Em request
@@ -68,9 +71,8 @@ and so answers completely.
is also used to turn tracing on or off in
.Nm routed .
.Pp
-Options supported by
-.Nm rtquery :
-.Bl -tag -width Ds
+The following options are available:
+.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl n
Normally network and host numbers are displayed both symbolically
and numerically.
@@ -78,44 +80,44 @@ The
.Fl n
option displays only the numeric network and host numbers.
.It Fl p
-Uses the
+Use the
.Em Poll
command to request full routing information from
.Xr gated 8 .
This is an undocumented extension RIP protocol supported only by
.Xr gated 8 .
.It Fl 1
-query using RIP version 1 instead of RIP version 2.
+Query using RIP version 1 instead of RIP version 2.
.It Fl w Ar timeout
-changes the delay for an answer from each host.
+Change the delay for an answer from each host.
By default, each host is given 15 seconds to respond.
.It Fl r Ar addr
-ask about the route to destination
+Ask about the route to destination
.Em addr .
.It Fl a Ar passwd=XXX
.It Fl a Ar md5_passwd=XXX|KeyID
-cause the query to be sent with the indicated cleartext or MD5 password.
+Cause the query to be sent with the indicated cleartext or MD5 password.
.It Fl t Ar op
-change tracing, where
+Change tracing, where
.Em op
is one of the following.
Requests from processes not running with UID 0 or on distant networks
are generally ignored by the daemon except for a message in the system log.
-.Xr gated 8
+.Xr Gated 8
is likely to ignore these debugging requests.
.El
.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent-two
.It Em on=tracefile
-turn tracing on into the specified file. That file must usually
+Turn tracing on into the specified file. That file must usually
have been specified when the daemon was started or be the same
as a fixed name, often
.Pa /etc/routed.trace .
.It Em more
-increases the debugging level.
+Increase the debugging level.
.It Em off
-turns off tracing.
+Turn off tracing.
.It Em dump
-dumps the daemon's routing table to the current tracefile.
+Dump the daemon's routing table to the current tracefile.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr gated 8 ,
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