* Isaac Dunham <[email protected]> [03.04.2013 20:18]: > If you would read the first _four_ lines instead of the first three, you > would see that your response fails to address what I was saying > (NOTE: there's more information after this quote):
ofcourse i understand your arguments: - you are not used to the syntax of 'ip' - you are not used to the output of 'ip' both arguments are valid and invalid, regarding the point of view: a user which has experience with 'ip' and is unfamiliar with 'ifconfig' has the same problems: he needs help using this tool, but: ifconfig/route/arp are 3 tools which are doing the same (manipulating network) but have different commandlines und concepts. 'ip' is a round figure where everything fits together, so easier to understand: ifconfig eth0 up = ip link set dev eth0 up ifconfig = ip address show (or 'ip a', because you can always abbreviate) maybe it hurts, but especially regarding IPv6 (it coming!) you want to have CIDR-notation which ifconfig does not know. and there are 999 examples more... http://inai.de/2008/02/19 http://techblog.rosedu.org/ifconfig-vs-iproute.html http://members.ferrara.linux.it/pioppo/howto/iproute2tunnel-en.html again, think about it: the ifconfig/route/arp-tools are totally obsolete and only because the people know the syntax of 'sccs' nobody cares about it, because there are better tools. bye, bastian _______________________________________________ Toybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.landley.net/listinfo.cgi/toybox-landley.net
