Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 21:30:27 -0400 (EDT) From: chris@netmonger.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/13037: netstat(1) -a flag with -r is undocumented Message-ID: <199908090130.VAA50169@lion-around.at.yiff.net>
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>Number: 13037
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: netstat(1) -a flag with -r is undocumented
>Confidential: yes
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Aug 8 18:40:00 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Christopher Masto
>Release: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
netstat(1) doesn't show protocol-cloned routes unless the -a option is used.
This behavior is not documented in the man page or usage output.
>How-To-Repeat:
man netstat
>Fix:
Here's a patch:
Index: main.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/cvs/freebsd/src/usr.bin/netstat/main.c,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -r1.25 main.c
--- main.c 1999/04/26 16:11:48 1.25
+++ main.c 1999/08/09 01:25:58
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
{
(void)fprintf(stderr, "%s\n%s\n%s\n%s\n",
"usage: netstat [-Aan] [-f address_family] [-M core] [-N system]",
-" netstat [-bdghimnrs] [-f address_family] [-M core] [-N system]",
+" netstat [-abdghimnrs] [-f address_family] [-M core] [-N system]",
" netstat [-bdn] [-I interface] [-M core] [-N system] [-w wait]",
" netstat [-M core] [-N system] [-p protocol]");
exit(1);
Index: netstat.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/cvs/freebsd/src/usr.bin/netstat/netstat.1,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.13 netstat.1
--- netstat.1 1999/07/12 20:23:49 1.13
+++ netstat.1 1999/08/09 01:25:58
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@
With the default display,
show the state of all sockets; normally sockets used by
server processes are not shown.
+With the routing table display, show protocol-cloned routes (routes
+generated by a RTF_PRCLONING parent route); normally these routes are
+not shown.
.It Fl b
With the interface display (option
.Fl i
@@ -182,6 +185,9 @@
If this option is repeated, counters with a value of zero are suppressed.
.It Fl r
Show the routing tables.
+Use with
+.Fl a
+to show protocol-cloned routes.
When
.Fl s
is also present, show routing statistics instead.
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