Module Name: src
Committed By: dyoung
Date: Fri Aug 7 20:13:12 UTC 2009
Modified Files:
src/sbin/ifconfig: ifconfig.8
Log Message:
Describe the -N flag.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.99 -r1.100 src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
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Index: src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
diff -u src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8:1.99 src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8:1.100
--- src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8:1.99 Wed Jul 29 21:47:11 2009
+++ src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Fri Aug 7 20:13:12 2009
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.99 2009/07/29 21:47:11 hubertf Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.100 2009/08/07 20:13:12 dyoung Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)ifconfig.8 8.4 (Berkeley) 6/1/94
.\"
-.Dd July 2, 2009
+.Dd August 7, 2009
.Dt IFCONFIG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
.Nd configure network interface parameters
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
+.Op Fl N
.Ar interface address_family
.Oo
.Ar address
@@ -44,12 +45,12 @@
.Oc
.Op Ar parameters
.Nm
-.Op Fl hLmvz
+.Op Fl hLmNvz
.Ar interface
.Op Ar protocol_family
.Nm
.Fl a
-.Op Fl bdhLmsuvz
+.Op Fl bdhLNmsuvz
.Op Ar protocol_family
.Nm
.Fl l
@@ -813,6 +814,21 @@
flag except that it zeros the interface input and output statistics
after printing them.
.Pp
+The
+.Fl N
+flag is just the opposite of the
+.Fl n
+flag in
+.Xr netstat 1
+or in
+.Xr route 8 :
+it tells
+.Nm
+to try to resolve numbers to hostnames or to service names.
+The default
+.Nm
+behavior is to print numbers instead of names.
+.Pp
Only the super-user may modify the configuration of a network interface.
.Sh EXAMPLES
Add a link-layer (MAC) address to an Ethernet:
