Thank you for your comment. > This will lead to usage and documentation issues (aside from your > diff not including a manpage change): >
You are right, I missed the manpage bits. > With your diff, someone might write somewhere > > just type "route a default 192.0.2.1" to configure a default route. > > Next we add a new keyword "abc"... > I took bgpctl as an example. If there is an ambiguity, route(8) will complain. As stated in the man "Commands may be abbreviated to the minimum unambiguous prefix". I guess the shortcuts are to be used only interactively. Using the longer keyword in a script or in hostname.if is not an issue. Here is the manpage : Index: route.8 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/sbin/route/route.8,v retrieving revision 1.79 diff -u -p -r1.79 route.8 --- route.8 1 Jan 2017 01:08:11 -0000 1.79 +++ route.8 27 Jul 2017 17:44:46 -0000 @@ -97,7 +97,12 @@ instead of a real routing socket to test .Pp The .Nm -utility provides the following simple commands: +utility provides the following simple commands. Commands may be abbreviated +to the minimum unambiguous prefix; for example, +.Cm s +for +.Cm show. + .Bl -tag -width Fl .It Xo .Nm route
