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Date:      Wed, 08 Sep 2004 19:17:38 +0300
From:      Artis Caune <artis@fbsd.lv>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   ifconfig.c && netmask
Message-ID:  <1094660258.1597.405.camel@localhost>

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How come that ifconfig prints netmask in hex?

Isn't
   "inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0"
more readable than
   "inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000"

why 'route get x.x.x.x' gives mask in decimal?
;))


Is it some posix standart or something historical or will it brake some
scripts?

I'm ok with hex, just want to know..


***
!       printf("netmask 0x%lx ", (unsigned
long)ntohl(sin->sin_addr.s_addr));
!       printf("netmask %s ", inet_ntoa(sin->sin_addr));
***


-- 
Artis




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