diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'man/gethostip.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/gethostip.1 | 45 |
1 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/gethostip.1 b/man/gethostip.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..02081f1e --- /dev/null +++ b/man/gethostip.1 @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +.TH "GETHOSTIP" "1" +.SH "NAME" +gethostip \(em convert an IP address into various formats +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.PP +\fBgethostip\fR [\fB-dxnf\fP] [\fB\fIHOSTNAME|IP\fR\fP] +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +This manual page documents briefly the +\fBgethostip\fR command. +.PP +The \fBgethostip\fR utility converts the given hostname or +IP address into a variety formats. It is provided by the syslinux +package to make it easier to calculate the appropriate names for +pxelinux configuration files. These filenames can be the complete +hexadecimal representation for a given IP address, or a partial +hexadecimal representation to match a range of IP addresses. + +.SH "OPTIONS" +.PP +A summary of options is included below. +.IP "\fB-d\fP" 10 +Output the IP address in decimal format. +.IP "\fB-x\fP" 10 +Output the IP address in hexadecimal format. +.IP "\fB-n\fP" 10 +Output the host's canonical name. +.IP "\fB-f\fP" 10 +Full output. Outputs the IP address in all supported formats. +Same as \fB-xdn\fP. + +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +\fBsyslinux\fR(1) + +.PP +More details can be found in the pxelinux documentation, which +can be found in +\fB/usr/share/doc/syslinux/pxelinux.doc.gz\fP on +\fBDebian GNU/Linux\fP systems. + +.SH "AUTHOR" +.PP +This manual page was compiled by dann frazier <dannf@debian.org> for +the \fBDebian GNU/Linux\fP system (but may be used by others). |