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authorSimon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>2013-11-21 15:09:09 +0000
committerSimon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>2013-11-21 15:10:02 +0000
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Extend /4 and /6 syntax to --interface-namev2.68rc1
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diff --git a/man/dnsmasq.8 b/man/dnsmasq.8
index 9a8de1f..049f664 100644
--- a/man/dnsmasq.8
+++ b/man/dnsmasq.8
@@ -514,11 +514,13 @@ record (which is always in the C_IN class). The value of the record is
given by the hex data, which may be of the form 01:23:45 or 01 23 45 or
012345 or any mixture of these.
.TP
-.B --interface-name=<name>,<interface>
+.B --interface-name=<name>,<interface>[/4|/6]
Return a DNS record associating the name with the primary address on
-the given interface. This flag specifies an A record for the given
+the given interface. This flag specifies an A or AAAA record for the given
name in the same way as an /etc/hosts line, except that the address is
-not constant, but taken from the given interface. If the interface is
+not constant, but taken from the given interface. The interface may be
+followed by "/4" or "/6" to specify that only IPv4 or IPv6 addresses
+of the interface should be used. If the interface is
down, not configured or non-existent, an empty record is returned. The
matching PTR record is also created, mapping the interface address to
the name. More than one name may be associated with an interface