Re: No ifconfig [Was: no /etc/inittab]
On Tue 15 Aug 2017 at 13:46:20 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 August 2017 13:07:38 David Wright wrote:
>
> > On Tue 15 Aug 2017 at 11:23:41 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 15 August 2017 07:33:53 Nicolas George wrote:
> > > > L'octidi 28 thermidor, an CCXXV, Erik Christiansen a écrit :
> > > > > If it's no longer part of the base system, then perhaps the
> > > > > system is too base?
> > > >
> > > > Please ellaborate. Why should ifconfig be part of the base system?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Because ip is a pain in the ass to make it run, and still gives
> > > grossly incomplete information?
> > >
> > > In 2 years, I have yet to get a full network report out of ip such
> > > as ifconfig gives.
> >
> > Does ip addr ; ip -s link not work for you?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > David.
>
> It could I suppose, but thats also an extra 4" of useless fluff on my
> high res screen.
You really wanted to say "yes" to your problem of two years standing
being solved, didn't you? But it goes against the grain. :)
--
Brian.
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