Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:54:43 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Cipta H <ciphwn@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netstat -NM uses Message-ID: <20090316145443.GG24875@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <13b997e60903152102w384b82dcu559c0b53d3b864d0@mail.gmail.com> References: <13b997e60903152102w384b82dcu559c0b53d3b864d0@mail.gmail.com>
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In the last episode (Mar 16), Cipta H said: > I found these options in netstat and I'm interested in what they're for: > > -M Extract values associated with the name list from the specified > core instead of the default /dev/kmem. > > -N Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the > default, which is the kernel image the system has booted from. > > what are they for? Is it related to retrieving network data from another > host / system? What are the uses of these options? Thanks They're for extracting info from kernel crashdumps after the system has rebooted. ps, vmstat, and I think some other commands have them too. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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