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09/24/2003 10:29:16 PM (21 years ago)
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Alex Gronenwoud <alex@…>
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Changing the style of the command descriptions in appendix A.

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    77<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
    88
    9 <sect4><title>arp</title>
    10 <para>arp is used to manipulate the kernel's ARP cache, usually to add
    11 or delete an entry, or to dump the ARP cache.</para></sect4>
     9<para><command>arp</command> is used to manipulate the kernel's ARP cache,
     10usually to add or delete an entry, or to dump the entire cache.</para>
    1211
    13 <sect4><title>dnsdomainname</title>
    14 <para>dnsdomainname shows the system's DNS domain name.</para></sect4>
     12<para><command>dnsdomainname</command> reports the system's DNS domain
     13name.</para>
    1514
    16 <sect4><title>domainname</title>
    17 <para>domainname shows or sets the system's NIS/YP domain
    18 name.</para></sect4>
     15<para><command>domainname</command> reports or sets the system's NIS/YP
     16domain name.</para>
    1917
    20 <sect4><title>hostname</title>
    21 <para>hostname prints or sets the name of the current host
    22 system.</para></sect4>
     18<para><command>hostname</command> reports or sets the name of the current
     19host system.</para>
    2320
    24 <sect4><title>ifconfig</title>
    25 <para>The ifconfig command is the general command used to configure network
    26 interfaces.</para></sect4>
     21<para><command>ifconfig</command> is the main utility for configuring
     22network interfaces.</para>
    2723
    28 <sect4><title>nameif</title>
    29 <para>nameif names network interfaces based on MAC
    30 addresses.</para></sect4>
     24<para><command>nameif</command> names network interfaces based on MAC
     25addresses.</para>
    3126
    32 <sect4><title>netstat</title>
    33 <para>netstat is a multi-purpose tool used to print the network connections,
    34 routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections and multicast
    35 memberships.</para></sect4>
     27<para><command>netstat</command> is used to report network connections,
     28routing tables, and interface statistics..</para>
    3629
    37 <sect4><title>nisdomainname</title>
    38 <para>nisdomainname shows or sets system's NIS/YP domain
    39 name.</para></sect4>
     30<para><command>nisdomainname</command> does the same as domainname.</para>
    4031
    41 <sect4><title>plipconfig</title>
    42 <para>plipconfig is used to fine-tune the PLIP device parameters, hopefully
    43 making it faster.</para></sect4>
     32<para><command>plipconfig</command> is used to fine tune the PLIP device
     33parameters, to improve its performance.</para>
    4434
    45 <sect4><title>rarp</title>
    46 <para>Akin to the arp program, the rarp program manipulates the system's
    47 RARP table.</para></sect4>
     35<para><command>rarp</command> is used to manipulate the kernel's RARP
     36table.</para>
    4837
    49 <sect4><title>route</title>
    50 <para>route is the general utility which is used to manipulate the IP
    51 routing table.</para></sect4>
     38<para><command>route</command> is used to manipulate the IP routing
     39table.</para>
    5240
    53 <sect4><title>slattach</title>
    54 <para>slattach attaches a network interface to a serial line, i.e.. puts a
    55 normal terminal line into one of several "network" modes.</para></sect4>
     41<para><command>slattach</command> attaches a network interface to a serial
     42line. This allows you to use normal terminal lines for point-to-point links to
     43other computers.</para>
    5644
    57 <sect4><title>ypdomainname</title>
    58 <para>ypdomainname shows or sets the system's NIS/YP domain
    59 name.</para></sect4>
     45<para><command>ypdomainname</command> does the same as domainname.</para>
    6046
    6147</sect3>
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