[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) writes: > On Jun 10, Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> a) ifconfig is an application that exists not only on Linux, but on many >> other (free or non-free) unices as well; it would be fair to say > And indeed this is the only reason to keep it around.
What *single* command in the iproute package can I call to get the same information as I get from ifconfig -a? Until there is one, I don't see you can replace it. >> b) The mere fact that there is something newer which performs the same >> function does in no way imply that the older implementation is > Wrong. iproute does much more than route/ifconfig, which cannot support > all the features of >= 2.4 networking stacks. Hey! Some of us still don't need all the features of 2.4! cheers, Rich. -- rich walker | Shadow Robot Company | [EMAIL PROTECTED] technical director 251 Liverpool Road | need a Hand? London N1 1LX | +UK 20 7700 2487 www.shadow.org.uk/products/newhand.shtml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
