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authorCamiel Dobbelaar <camield@cvs.openbsd.org>2011-02-17 08:32:30 +0000
committerCamiel Dobbelaar <camield@cvs.openbsd.org>2011-02-17 08:32:30 +0000
commit584e0e0ea2a6dd0ac0ea9b67c5c5f5f90e0c8d4d (patch)
tree4f4d315dd63fc9b3808248884e82bdcc94521112 /sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
parentca564c3b89fd8bf5920bd7ee6fa863374d86a51e (diff)
Clarify that ifconfig tries to show interface groups before type "groups".
ok henning jmc miod
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8')
-rw-r--r--sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.818
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index 13d1bc767d1..2a36956c858 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.212 2010/12/23 08:54:59 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.213 2011/02/17 08:32:29 camield Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.11 1996/01/04 21:27:29 pk Exp $
.\" $FreeBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.16 1998/02/01 07:03:29 steve Exp $
.\"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)ifconfig.8 8.4 (Berkeley) 6/1/94
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 23 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 17 2011 $
.Dt IFCONFIG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -97,12 +97,14 @@ for example,
.Dq en0 .
If no optional parameters are supplied, this string can instead be just
.Dq name .
-In this case, all interfaces of that type will be displayed.
-For example,
-.Dq carp
-will display the current configuration of all
-.Xr carp 4
-interfaces.
+If an interface group of that name exists, all interfaces in the group
+will be shown.
+Otherwise all interfaces of the same type will be displayed
+(for example,
+.Dq fxp
+will display all
+.Xr fxp 4
+interfaces).
.It Ar address_family
Specifies the address family
which affects interpretation of the remaining parameters.