From owner-freebsd-net Wed Jul 19 13:55:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from amazhan.bitstream.net (amazhan.bitstream.net [216.243.128.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8F0AD37C065 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2000 13:55:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from airboss@bitstream.net) Received: (qmail 72319 invoked by uid 79); 19 Jul 2000 20:55:20 -0000 Received: from dmitri.bitstream.net (206.144.236.191) by mail.bitstream.net with SMTP; 19 Jul 2000 20:55:20 -0000 Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:03:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Dan Debertin To: Mike Nowlin Cc: Paul Herman , Ben Smithurst , Matthew Hunt , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "ifconfig" == "ifconfig -a" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm with you there, Mike. Linux (not to disparage it) is the divergent one. Increasing the level of incompatibility will only have a concomitant effect on people's level of confusion. This particular change won't break anything huge, but I disagree with the overall Linux-emulation philosophy. See below for more unices ... Solaris 7 (and 6) xenon [3:43pm] # route usage: route [ -fnqv ] cmd [[ - ] args ] SunOS 5.5.1: senator [3:50pm] # route senator [3:50pm] # (i.e. nothing) IRIX: copper# route usage: route [ -nqvfF ] cmd [[ - ] args ] > > Nope - not just you. Just because Linux does something in a particular > way doesn't mean that FBSD should. Linux is the exception, not the rule, > as far as LOTS of the system config commands are concerned -- if "making > it act like other systems" is to be an issue, we should make it act like > the big boys, not like the one rogue system that's just > different (yet popular) enough to cause some confusion.... > > (DEC UNIX) > ig88:~$ route > usage: route [-n] [-C] cmd [[-net|-host] [/bitmask] [-netmask > ] ] > > (AIX) > wookie:~$ route > usage: route [ -nqCvf ] cmd [[ - ] args ] > > (FBSD) > bobafett:~$ route > usage: route [-dnqtv] command [[modifiers] args] > > ...not to mention "netstat -f inet", /etc/exports, and several others. > > > --mike > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > ~Dan D. -- __________________________________________________________________ -- I feel the earth move. -- I feel the tumbling down, the tumbling down. ++ Dan Debertin ++ Senior Systems Administrator ++ Bitstream Underground, LLC ++ airboss@bitstream.net ++ (612)321-9290 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message