From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 27 20:50:01 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A55BDB7 for ; Tue, 27 May 2014 20:50:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 26587241B for ; Tue, 27 May 2014 20:50:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s4RKo1hF021061 for ; Tue, 27 May 2014 20:50:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s4RKo0mg021048; Tue, 27 May 2014 20:50:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 20:50:00 GMT Message-Id: <201405272050.s4RKo0mg021048@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: dfilter@FreeBSD.ORG (dfilter service) Subject: Re: docs/187644: commit references a PR Reply-To: dfilter@FreeBSD.ORG (dfilter service) X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 20:50:01 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/187644; it has been noted by GNATS. From: dfilter@FreeBSD.ORG (dfilter service) To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: docs/187644: commit references a PR Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 20:45:20 +0000 (UTC) Author: allanjude (doc committer) Date: Tue May 27 20:45:15 2014 New Revision: 266774 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/266774 Log: improve ifconfig(8) man page by describing special behaviour of -l ether PR: docs/187644 Submitted by: Andrew Merenbach (original patch) Approved by: bcr (mentor) Modified: head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Modified: head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Tue May 27 20:22:36 2014 (r266773) +++ head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Tue May 27 20:45:15 2014 (r266774) @@ -169,6 +169,18 @@ and .Dq lladdr are synonyms for .Dq link . +When using the +.Fl l +flag, the +.Dq ether +address family has special meaning and is no longer synonymous with +.Dq link +or +.Dq lladdr . +Specifying +.Fl l Dq ether +will list only ethernet interfaces, excluding all other interface types, +including the loopback interface. .It Ar dest_address Specify the address of the correspondent on the other end of a point to point link. @@ -2554,6 +2566,11 @@ The .Fl l flag may be used to list all available interfaces on the system, with no other additional information. +If an +.Ar address_family +is specified, only interfaces of that type will be listed. +.Fl l Dq ether +will list only ethernet adapters, excluding the loopback interface. Use of this flag is mutually exclusive with all other flags and commands, except for .Fl d _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"