Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:27:08 +0100 From: Daniel Gerzo <danger@freebsd.org> To: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ifconfig output: ipv4 netmask format Message-ID: <4e8c0b7c62b660d2d309c61ca0d00cf1@rulez.sk> In-Reply-To: <4D9EFAC6.4020906@lazybytes.org> References: <4D9EFAC6.4020906@lazybytes.org>
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On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:08:38 +0400, Sergey Vinogradov wrote: > Hi, hackers. > I have a question: why ipv4 netmask is displayed by ifconfig in hex > format? Isn't dot-decimal notation more human-readable? Will the > attached patch break something in the very bad way? At least, it may break some scripts. I guess it would be better to add an option to display netmask in a dot-decimal format. -- Kind regards Daniel
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