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> > On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Gary T. Corcoran wrote:
> > 
> > > Hmmm....  what about having "route" with no parameters just
> > > give a helpful message, something like "To see the current
> > > routing table, use the netstat(1) command.".  ??
> > 
> > If nothing else, it is in no way intuitive that "route" says nothing about
> > how to view the current routing table. This is one of the most common new
> > FreeBSD user questions I hear. At a minimium, something should be hinted
> > at in the man page.
> 
> And in an ideal world, the "route" command should do what its name suggests: 
deal
> with routes, and that includes printing them IMHO.
> 
> I hate code/functionnality duplication as much as the next guy, but having to
> call a command totally unrelated to "route" to display the routing table (ie.
 netstat)
> has always struck me as a gratuitous twist.
> 
> I cast my vote for a "route print".

[x] against NT-ish "route print"

later,
cjm
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