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On 2021-01-29, Grant Taylor <gtaylor@×××××××××××××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> iproute2 has supplanted the venerable net-tools (or whatever it's |
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> called); ifconfig, route, netstat, etc. |
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My brain knows that. My fingers only partially so. |
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> I sort of put pressure on my self to start using them 20 years ago, |
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> and largely failed. It wasn't until about 5-10 years ago when I |
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> started doing things with ip that couldn't be done with other older |
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> commands that I started succeeding in migrating over to iproute2 for |
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> 90% of what I do. |
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I now manage to use 'ip addr' instead of ifconfig _most_ of the |
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time. I still almost always use 'route' instead of of 'ip route'. I |
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figure in another 20 years, I will have managed a complete transition. |
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> Ironically, I've found myself doing / planning to do things within |
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> the last six months that iproute2 can't / won't do; DECnet, IPX, and |
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> AX.25/ROSE. |
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And I didn't even know computer museums were hiring. |
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> P.S. I tip my hat at your name. ;-) |
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:) |
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It can be a bit disorienting when I see an unfamiliar message signed |
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by Grant. For many decades, I only ran into one other Grant, and then |
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in the 90's I'd occasionally hear a toddler being called Grant. Around |
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here, it looks like there was a "Grant" peak in 1995: |
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https://www.startribune.com/how-popular-is-your-name-in-minnesota/506438731/?name=Grant |
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