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From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
To: "Richard A. Steenbergen" <ras@e-gerbil.net>
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	Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: "ifconfig" == "ifconfig -a"
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Richard A. Steenbergen wrote:

> At a minimium, something should be hinted at in the man page.

I agree.  I checked just now, and was quite surprised to see netstat(1)
not even referenced in the "SEE ALSO" section.  How about this:

--- route.8     1999/12/07 17:38:53     1.17
+++ route.8     2000/07/19 00:18:13
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@
 .Xr routed 8 ,
 should tend to this task.
 .Pp
+Note that
+.Nm
+cannot be used to print out the entire routing table.
+For that functionality, please see the
+.Fl r
+flag to the
+.Xr netstat 1
+command.
+.Pp
 The
 .Nm
 utility supports a limited number of general options,
@@ -351,6 +360,7 @@
 to create the new entry.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr netstat 1 ,
 .Xr netintro 4 ,
 .Xr route 4 ,
 .Xr IPXrouted 8 ,

Any objections?

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