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Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/route.4')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/route.4 | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/route.4 b/share/man/man4/route.4 index 1be1c5b..15cab83 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/route.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/route.4 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .Dt ROUTE 4 .Os .Sh NAME -.Nm route +.Nm route .Nd kernel packet forwarding database .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include <sys/types.h> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ is requested to address the packet to the gateway listed in the routing entry (i.e. the packet is forwarded). .Pp When routing a packet, -the kernel will attempt to find +the kernel will attempt to find the most specific route matching the destination. (If there are two different mask and value-under-the-mask pairs that match, the more specific is the one with more bits in the mask. @@ -168,14 +168,14 @@ at the .Dv SOL_SOCKET level is to be turned off. A process may ignore all messages from the routing socket -by doing a +by doing a .Xr shutdown 2 system call for further input. .Pp If a route is in use when it is deleted, the routing entry will be marked down and removed from the routing table, but the resources associated with it will not -be reclaimed until all references to it are released. +be reclaimed until all references to it are released. User processes can obtain information about the routing entry to a specific destination by using a .Dv RTM_GET |
