On 8/6/07, Marco S Hyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Most definitely, -A is normally the only way to see alias info. Just > > wanted to let you know about the /32 mask for aliases. > > ???. Perhaps I missed some earlier context, but -A is not the only way > to see alias info. > > $ ifconfig msk0 > msk0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > lladdr 00:16:cb:a7:52:1c > groups: egress > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex,rxpause,txpause) > status: active > inet 208.201.244.208 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 208.201.244.255 > inet6 fe80::216:cbff:fea7:521c%msk0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > inet 208.201.244.210 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 208.201.244.210 > inet6 2001:5a8:4:910:216:cbff:fea7:521c prefixlen 64 > $ > > Note the second line from the bottom. It is an alias as are the inet6 > entries. Note the command line. -A was not given. Per the man page: > > -A Causes full interface alias information for each interface to be > displayed. > > Shows all aliases on all interfaces. Not necessary (and not valid) if > you only want to look at one interface. >
D'oh. That is right. I should learn to think before posting. Greg -- http://ticketmastersucks.org/tracker.html Dethink to survive - Mclusky
