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diff --git a/man/man8/ifcfg.8 b/man/man8/ifcfg.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..79033bd --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man8/ifcfg.8 @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +.TH IFCFG 8 "September 24 2009" "iproute2" "Linux" +.SH NAME +ifcfg \- simplistic script which replaces ifconfig IP managment +.SH SYNOPSIS +.ad l +.in +8 +.ti -8 +.B ifcfg +.RI "[ " DEVICE " ] [ " command " ] " ADDRESS " [ " PEER " ] " +.sp + +.SH DESCRIPTION +This manual page documents briefly the +.B ifcfg +command. +.PP +This is a simplistic script replacing one option of +.B ifconfig +, namely, IP address management. It not only adds +addresses, but also carries out Duplicate Address Detection RFC-DHCP, +sends unsolicited ARP to update the caches of other hosts sharing +the interface, adds some control routes and restarts Router Discovery +when it is necessary. + +.SH IFCONFIG - COMMAND SYNTAX + +.SS +.TP +.B DEVICE +- it may have alias, suffix, separated by colon. + +.TP +.B command +- add, delete or stop. + +.TP +.B ADDRESS +- optionally followed by prefix length. + +.TP +.B peer +- optional peer address for pointpoint interfaces. + +.SH NOTES +This script is not suitable for use with IPv6. + +.SH SEE ALSO +.RB "IP Command reference " ip-cref.ps -- 2.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
