Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 11:08:55 -0700 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: Jesper Skriver <jesper@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.c Message-ID: <20010505180855.A2DD13E28@bazooka.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <20010505184509.A5508@skriver.dk>; from jesper@FreeBSD.org on "Sat, 5 May 2001 18:45:09 %2B0200"
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Jesper Skriver <jesper@FreeBSD.org> writes: > On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 11:03:14AM +0200, Jesper Skriver wrote: > > Yes, it get something together, but man pages is woodoo to me, any good > > guides ? > > If someone could have a look at the diff I've made at > > http://people.FreeBSD.org/~jesper/ifconfig.8.diff Looks pretty good. I've cleaned up the markup and English a little, and fixed your spacing problem (description snipped). Diff attached. Hope this helps, Dima Dorfman dima@unixfreak.org Index: ifconfig.8 =================================================================== RCS file: /st/src/FreeBSD/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8,v retrieving revision 1.35 diff -u -r1.35 ifconfig.8 --- ifconfig.8 2001/02/01 16:32:06 1.35 +++ ifconfig.8 2001/05/05 18:07:06 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ .Ar interface .Op Ar address_family .Oo -.Ar address +.Ar address Ns Op Cm / Ns Ar prefixlength .Op Ar dest_address .Oc .Op Ar parameters @@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ .Tn DARPA Internet address expressed in the Internet standard .Dq dot notation . +.Pp +It is also possible to use the CIDR notation (also known as the +slash notation) to include the netmask. +That is, one can specify an address like +.Dl 192.168.0.1/16 .\" For the Xerox Network Systems(tm) family, .\" addresses are .\" .Ar net:a.b.c.d.e.f , @@ -325,6 +330,11 @@ The mask should contain at least the standard network portion, and the subnet field should be contiguous with the network portion. +.Pp +The netmask can also be specified in CIDR notation after the address. +See the +.Ar address +option above for more information. .It Cm prefixlen Ar len (Inet6 only) Specify that To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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