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improve ifconfig(8) man page by describing special behaviour of -l ether

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PR:		docs/187644
Submitted by:	Andrew Merenbach (original patch)
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
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Allan Jude 2014-05-27 20:45:15 +00:00
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@ -169,6 +169,18 @@ and
.Dq lladdr
are synonyms for
.Dq link .
When using the
.Fl l
flag, the
.Dq ether
address family has special meaning and is no longer synonymous with
.Dq link
or
.Dq lladdr .
Specifying
.Fl l Dq ether
will list only ethernet interfaces, excluding all other interface types,
including the loopback interface.
.It Ar dest_address
Specify the address of the correspondent on the other end
of a point to point link.
@ -2554,6 +2566,11 @@ The
.Fl l
flag may be used to list all available interfaces on the system, with
no other additional information.
If an
.Ar address_family
is specified, only interfaces of that type will be listed.
.Fl l Dq ether
will list only ethernet adapters, excluding the loopback interface.
Use of this flag is mutually exclusive
with all other flags and commands, except for
.Fl d