On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, der Mouse wrote:

: > I want to use the route(8) (or an equivalent command) invoked from a
: > program that adds and removes static routes.
:
: Why use a program, instead of manipulating the routing table yourself
: directly with a routing socket?  It's arguably easier, almost certainly
: faster, and completely avoids the problem you're having.

Because the routing socket is one of the ugliest APIs that *BSD provides,
and using it *properly* is a lot more difficult than it should be.  8-)

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