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Date:      Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:34:12 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r219765 - stable/8/sbin/ifconfig
Message-ID:  <201103190034.p2J0YCQ8084912@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: gjb (doc committer)
Date: Sat Mar 19 00:34:12 2011
New Revision: 219765
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/219765

Log:
  MFC 219574,219575:
  - Add example of using 'scan' for wireless networks, similarly to
    OpenBSD's ifconfig(8)[1].
  - remove unneeded newline
  
  PR:		151952 [1]

Modified:
  stable/8/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
Directory Properties:
  stable/8/sbin/ifconfig/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/8/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
==============================================================================
--- stable/8/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8	Sat Mar 19 00:31:35 2011	(r219764)
+++ stable/8/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8	Sat Mar 19 00:34:12 2011	(r219765)
@@ -2508,7 +2508,6 @@ to use 100baseTX, full duplex Ethernet m
 .Dl # ifconfig xl0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex
 .Pp
 Label the em0 interface as an uplink:
-.Pp
 .Dl # ifconfig em0 description \&"Uplink to Gigabit Switch 2\&"
 .Pp
 Create the software network interface
@@ -2518,6 +2517,10 @@ Create the software network interface
 Destroy the software network interface
 .Li gif1 :
 .Dl # ifconfig gif1 destroy
+.Pp
+Scan for wireless networks using
+.Li wlan0 :
+.Dl # ifconfig wlan0 scan
 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
 Messages indicating the specified interface does not exist, the
 requested address is unknown, or the user is not privileged and



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