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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 11:23:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Hal Snyder <hal@post.vale.com>
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Subject: Re: your-netmask
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On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Hal Snyder wrote:

> The default /etc/networks with FreeBSD 2.1.0 and 2.1.5 has the lines
> 
> your-net        127                             # your comment
> your-netmask    255.255.255                     # subnet mask for your-net
> 
> 1.  I don't see docs on a "mask" syntax in /etc/networks.
>     What commands grok "your-netmask" in /etc/networks?
>     Is the general pattern
> 
>     <netname> 	<net-ip>	...
>     <netname>mask    <net-mask>
> 
>     ??

I don't personally use /etc/networks, but the networks(5) man page may be
of interest to you.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major