ncftool manpage
by Serge Hallyn
I added nothing of value here, just turned the 'ncftool help' output
into a ncftool.1 manpage.
thanks,
-serge
.TH NCFTOOL 1 "December 20, 2011"
.SH NAME
ncftool \- Network configuration tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ncftool [options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
ncftool is a command line utility to configure networking.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B list [\-\-macs] [\-\-all] [\-\-inactive]
List the currently configured toplevel network interfaces
.br
.BR [\-\-macs]
show MAC addresses
.br
.BR [\-\-all]
show all (up & down) interfaces
.br
.BR [\-\-inactive]
show only inactive (down) interfaces
.TP
.B dumpxml [\-\-mac] [\-\-live] <name>
Dump the XML description of an interface
.br
.BR [\-\-mac]
interpret the name as MAC address
.br
.BR [\-\-life]
include information about the live interface
.br
.BR <name>
the name of the interface
.TP
.B define <xmlfile>
Define - define an interface from an XML file
.br
.BR <xmlfile>
file containing the XML description of the interface
.TP
.B undefine <iface>
Remove the configuration of an interface
.br
.BR <iface>
the name of the interface
.TP
.B ifup <iface>
Bring up an interface
.br
.BR <iface>
the name of the interface
.TP
.B ifdown <iface>
Bring down an interface
.br
.BR <iface>
the name of the interface
.TP
.B change-begin
Mark the beginning of a set of revertible network config changes
.TP
.B change-commit
Commit (makes permanent) of a set of network config changes
.TP
.B change-rollback
Rollback (revert) a set of network config changes
.TP
.B help [<command>]
List all commands or print details about one command
.br
.BR <command>
If specified, list help about the listed command. Otherwise list all commands.
.TP
.B quit
Exit the program
.TP
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR interfaces (5)
.SH AUTHOR
Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn(a)ubuntu.com>
11 years, 7 months