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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1999-09-02 18:11:23 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1999-09-02 18:11:23 +0000 |
commit | 974544cb98487b23a72fdab3e567f7a2f0ef0c3a (patch) | |
tree | 3ec3d25d6c8755da860c1a9c5812d2cc04771659 /share | |
parent | 2293f014640b0034eeb273479e126b67686e56af (diff) |
Make it read a little better and add a SEE ALSO section.
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/hostname.if.5 | 33 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/hostname.if.5 b/share/man/man5/hostname.if.5 index 172e1cfa6b9..93ddcb07078 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/hostname.if.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/hostname.if.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: hostname.if.5,v 1.4 1999/09/01 21:23:30 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: hostname.if.5,v 1.5 1999/09/02 18:11:22 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: hosts.5,v 1.4 1994/11/30 19:31:20 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)hosts.5 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93 .\" -.Dd December 11, 1993 +.Dd September 2, 1999 .Dt HOSTNAME.IF 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ and .Nd interface-specific configuration files .Sh DESCRIPTION The -.Nm +.Nm hostname.* and .Nm bridgename.* files contain information regarding @@ -54,16 +54,13 @@ such as .Pa hostname.fxp0 or .Pa bridgename.bridge0 . -However, a configuration file is not needed for -.Dv lo0 . -.Pp -Three data formats are permitted for these files. +However, a configuration file is not needed for lo0. .Pp +The following two formats are valid for .Nm hostname.* -files can accept the following two formats: +files. .Pp Regular network setup: -.Pp .Bd -literal -offset xxxx .Va addr_family Va addr Va netmask Va broadcast_addr Va options .Li dest Va dest_addr @@ -97,13 +94,13 @@ and .Va dest_addr options are invalid and will be ignored. .It Va netmask -The optional network mask for the interface, ie. +The optional network mask for the interface, i.e., 255.255.255.0. .It Va broadcast_addr -The optional broadcast address for the interface, ie. +The optional broadcast address for the interface, i.e., 190.191.192.255 .It Va options -Optional miscellaneous options to set on the interface, ie. +Optional miscellaneous options to set on the interface, i.e., .Dq media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex . .It Li dest If the interface needs a destination address address set, this is @@ -131,10 +128,10 @@ For example, dhcp media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex .Ed .Pp -The options are as follows: +The above format has the following field values: .Bl -tag -width indent -offset xxxx .It Li dhcp -The string +The literal string .Dq dhcp if the interface is to be configured using DHCP. See @@ -143,7 +140,7 @@ and .Xr dhclient.conf 5 for more details. .It Va options -Optional miscellaneous options to set on the interface, ie. +Optional miscellaneous options to set on the interface, i.e., .Dq media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex . .El .Pp @@ -176,4 +173,8 @@ The options are as follows: is called for each successive line. Comments starting with # are permitted. .El -.Pp +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr hosts 5 , +.Xr dhcp 8 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr rc 8 |