On Tuesday 15 August 2017 13:07:38 David Wright wrote: > On Tue 15 Aug 2017 at 11:23:41 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 15 August 2017 07:33:53 Nicolas George wrote: > > > L'octidi 28 thermidor, an CCXXV, Erik Christiansen a écrit : > > > > If it's no longer part of the base system, then perhaps the > > > > system is too base? > > > > > > Please ellaborate. Why should ifconfig be part of the base system? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Because ip is a pain in the ass to make it run, and still gives > > grossly incomplete information? > > > > In 2 years, I have yet to get a full network report out of ip such > > as ifconfig gives. > > Does ip addr ; ip -s link not work for you? > > Cheers, > David.
It could I suppose, but thats also an extra 4" of useless fluff on my high res screen. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>