From 53ad30a63b4d5f80f713963835dee995f9546071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Hymers Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 16:09:47 +0000 Subject: [Bug 190] Put descs in alphabetical order git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1249 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- appendixa/nettools-desc.xml | 64 ++++++++++++--------------------------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-) (limited to 'appendixa/nettools-desc.xml') diff --git a/appendixa/nettools-desc.xml b/appendixa/nettools-desc.xml index 21943e6e8..159b52b73 100644 --- a/appendixa/nettools-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/nettools-desc.xml @@ -9,71 +9,39 @@ plipconfig rarp, route, and slattach programs. Description - -arp - +arp arp is used to manipulate the kernel's ARP cache, usually to add -or delete an entry, or to dump the ARP cache. - - - - -hostname +or delete an entry, or to dump the ARP cache. +hostname hostname, with its symlinks domainname, dnsdomainname, nisdomainname, ypdomainname, and nodename, is used to set or show the system's hostname (or -other, depending on the symlink used). - - - - -ifconfig +other, depending on the symlink used). +ifconfig The ifconfig command is the general command used to configure network -interfaces. - - - - -netstat +interfaces. +netstat netstat is a multi-purpose tool used to print the network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast -memberships. - - - - -plipconfig +memberships. +plipconfig plipconfig is used to fine-tune the PLIP device parameters, hopefully -making it faster. - - - - -rarp +making it faster. +rarp Akin to the arp program, the rarp program manipulates the system's -RARP table. - - - - -route +RARP table. +route route is the general utility which is used to manipulate the IP -routing table. - - - - -slattach +routing table. +slattach slattach attaches a network interface to a serial line, i.e.. puts a -normal terminal line into one of several "network" modes. - - +normal terminal line into one of several "network" modes. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf