July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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Chapter 3: Linux Commands
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Option
-o offset
Same as specifying an offset as an argument.
ranlib
ranlib filename
ranlib option
Generate an index for archive file filename. This is equivalent to
running ar -s.
Option
-v, -V, --version
Print version information and exit.
rarpd
rarpd [options] [interface]
System administration command. Respond to Reverse Address
Resolution Protocol (RARP) requests. Some machines (primarily
diskless SUN machines) will use RARP requests at boot time to
discover their IP address and retrieve boot images. The request
contains the booting machine’s Ethernet address, and rarpd tells it
which IP to use. To answer requests, rarpd checks the ethers data-
base (either the /etc/ethers file, or read from NIS+) and performs
DNS lookups as needed. rarpd will respond to RARP requests only
from machines for which it has a bootable image, usually stored in
the TFTP boot directory /tftpboot. The daemon will bind to the
given interface if specified. This daemon replaces the kernel-based
RARP support found in kernels previous to 2.2.
Options
-a Do not bind to the specified interface.
-b directory
Look for boot images in the specified directory instead of the
default /tftpboot.
-d Do not detach and run in daemon mode. Used for debugging.
-e Answer requests without checking the TFTP boot ...
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