Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>
>   
>> As far as ifconfig, ifconfig behaves that way (needing -a to show all
>> interfaces) on other operating systems as well.  For example, without
>> arguments, ifconfig on Solaris shows a help message, just as on NetBSD.
>>     
>
> Linux net-tools, FreeBSD, DragonFly, and OpenBSD versions of ifconfig 
> print all interfaces with no arguments (-a is default).
>
>  Jeremy C. Reed
>   

And -h to ifconfig apparently means something other than "help".

Again, I see no point in the change and good reason not to change, but I
don't feel strongly enough to have tussle over it.

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General Dynamics C4 Systems
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