From owner-freebsd-net Wed Jul 19 16:52: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wanlogistics.net (mail.wanlogistics.net [63.209.114.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 245CD37BDAC for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:52:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuck@mail.wanlogistics.net) Received: (from chuck@localhost) by mail.wanlogistics.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA96891 for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2000 19:51:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chuck) Message-Id: <200007192351.TAA96891@mail.wanlogistics.net> Subject: Re: "ifconfig" == "ifconfig -a" In-Reply-To: from Paul Herman at "Jul 19, 2000 04:35:18 pm" To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 19:51:45 -0400 (EDT) From: bv@wjv.com Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Reply to: bv@wjv.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL61 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Ben Smithurst wrote: > > > > One uses flags, or sees documentation. :-) > > Actually, I don't think I'll mention the -r flag at all. The route(8) > > manpage isn't the right place to document netstat(1)'s flags, IMO. I > > think I'll just say "... please use the netstat(1) command". On second > > thoughts, I think "For that functionality, the netstat(1) command should > > be used" would be better. > Hmmm... what led to this idea was: people who use "route print" to > print the routing table in "other" OSes need to be informed how to > print the routing table under FreeBSD. If that's really true, some > how I have a feeling they would already know about "netstat -r" (which > AFAIK is pretty much ubiquitous among Unicies.) > Is it just me, who thinks this? I think retaining the classic Unix behaviour with no arguments giving useage options is the way it should be. That keeps the consitancy. Changing the standard design to match other OSes implementation is a step in the wrong direction. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message