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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man8/bootptest.8 b/static/freebsd/man8/bootptest.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..97de293d --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man8/bootptest.8 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +.\" +.\" bootptest.8 +.Dd June 10, 1993 +.Dt BOOTPTEST 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm bootptest +.Nd "send BOOTP queries and print responses" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl f Ar bootfile +.Op Fl h +.Op Fl m Ar magic_number +.Ar server\-name +.Op Ar template\-file +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility sends BOOTP requests to the host specified as +.Ar server\-name +at one\-second intervals until either a response is received, +or until ten requests have gone unanswered. +After a response is received, +.Nm +will wait one more second listening for additional responses. +.Sh OPTIONS +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl f Ar bootfile +Fill in the boot file field of the request with +.Ar bootfile . +.It Fl h +Use the hardware (Ethernet) address to identify the client. +By default, the IP address is copied into the request +indicating that this client already knows its IP address. +.It Fl m Ar magic_number +Initialize the first word of the vendor options field with +.Ar magic_number . +.El +.Pp +A +.Ar template\-file +may be specified, in which case +.Nm +uses the (binary) contents of this file to initialize the +.Em options +area of the request packet. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr bootpd 8 +.Rs +.%O RFC951 +.%T "BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP)" +.Re +.Rs +.%O RFC1048 +.%T "BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions" +.Re +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +utility is a combination of original and derived works. +The main program module +.Pq Pa bootptest.c +is original work by +.An Gordon W. Ross Aq Mt gwr@mc.com . +The packet printing module +.Pq Pa print\-bootp.c +is a slightly modified +version of a file from the +.Bx +.Xr tcpdump 1 +program. +.Pp +This program includes software developed by the University of +California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors. +(See the copyright notice in +.Pa print\-bootp.c . ) |
