Subject: Bug#3780: netstat oddities

From: Richard Kettlewell <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 96 21:01:55 +0100 (BST)

Package: netbase
Version: 2.04-1

According to the manpage:

    -N, --netlink
	   Recent  kernels  have  a kernel/user communication support
	   called netlink. You can get  messages  about  creation  or
	   deletion of interfaces or routes from /dev/route (36,0).

But according to `netstat -h':

            -L, --netlink            display netlink kernel messages

In practice, `netstat -N' appears to be equivalent to `netstat -n',
and `netstat -L' does the same as `netstat --netlink' (which is
sensible once one has created /dev/route and compiled the relevant
driver into the kernel.)

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