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diff --git a/libexec/bootpd/tools/bootptest/bootptest.8 b/libexec/bootpd/tools/bootptest/bootptest.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d076c8b --- /dev/null +++ b/libexec/bootpd/tools/bootptest/bootptest.8 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +.\" bootptest.8 +.TH BOOTPTEST 8 "10 June 1993" "MAINTENANCE COMMANDS" +.SH NAME +bootptest \- send BOOTP queries and print responses +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.B bootptest +[ +.B \-f +.I bootfile +] +[ +.B \-h +] +[ +.B \-m +.I magic_number +] +.I server\-name +.RI [ template-file ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B bootptest +sends BOOTP requests to the host specified as +.I server\-name +at one\-second intervals until either a response is received, +or until ten requests have gone unanswered. +After a response is received, +.B bootptest +will wait one more second listening for additional responses. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \-f +.I bootfile +Fill in the boot file field of the request with +.IR bootfile . +.TP +.B \-h +Use the hardware (Ethernet) address to identify the client. +By default, the IP address is copied into the request +indicating that this client already knows its IP address. +.TP +.B \-m +.I magic_number +Initialize the first word of the vendor options field with +.IR magic_number . +.LP +A +.I template-file +may be specified, in which case +.B bootptest +uses the (binary) contents of this file to initialize the +.I options +area of the request packet. +.SH CREDITS +.LP +The bootptest program is a combination of original and derived works. +The main program module (bootptest.c) is original work by +Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>. +The packet printing module (print-bootp.c) is a slightly modified +version of a file from the BSD tcpdump program. +.LP +This program includes software developed by the University of +California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors. +(See the copyright notice in print-bootp.c) +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.LP +bootpd(8) +.SH REFERENCES +.TP +RFC951 +BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP) +.TP +RFC1048 +BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions |