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Re: recent ifconfig change [was: Re: NetBSD master CVS tree commits]



> It would be highly cool if instead of printing "<full-duplex>" it
> printed "mediaopt full-duplex", so that people could remember how to
> invoke it. I can never remember these things, and often you need to
> when you are using a boot floppy and have no manual pages.

I was going to say this myself, but you beat me to it :-).

I _very_ much appreciate it if a command's output gives me some hint on
its usage, especially if it doesn't cost anything.  I think that this is
what makes the difference between cool vs. usable programs.
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