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author | Camiel Dobbelaar <camield@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2011-02-17 08:32:30 +0000 |
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committer | Camiel Dobbelaar <camield@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2011-02-17 08:32:30 +0000 |
commit | 584e0e0ea2a6dd0ac0ea9b67c5c5f5f90e0c8d4d (patch) | |
tree | 4f4d315dd63fc9b3808248884e82bdcc94521112 /sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | |
parent | ca564c3b89fd8bf5920bd7ee6fa863374d86a51e (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.8 | 18 |
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. |