>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Pelley <mike@pelley.com> writes:

    >> > for arp(8), i add the -D option with the attached patch.
    >> anyone mind > if it gets committed?  > > (-D because -f is
    >> already taken)
    >> 
    >> Certainly looks like a good thing to have :) Does anyone know
    >> if there is prior art for the choice of option letter in any
    >> other OS?

    Mike> FreeBSD seems to use arp -d -a.  Don't know if I like that,
    Mike> but it's prior art.

FWIW, in our own tree we also have the prior art of ndp -c.
(Not that I'm suggesting using that option letter...)