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179fa69b97Shenning.Dd December 22, 2003
189fa69b97Shenning.Dt BGPD 8
199fa69b97Shenning.Os
209fa69b97Shenning.Sh NAME
219fa69b97Shenning.Nm bgpd
229fa69b97Shenning.Nd "Border Gateway Protocol daemon"
239fa69b97Shenning.Sh SYNOPSIS
249fa69b97Shenning.Nm bgpd
259fa69b97Shenning.Bk -words
26*ea5db239Shenning.Op Fl dnv
279fa69b97Shenning.Op Fl D Ar macro=value
289fa69b97Shenning.Op Fl f Ar file
299fa69b97Shenning.Ek
309fa69b97Shenning.Sh DESCRIPTION
319fa69b97ShenningThe
329fa69b97Shenning.Nm
339fa69b97Shenningdaemon implements the Border Gateway Protocol version 4 as described
349fa69b97Shenningin RFC 1771.
359fa69b97ShenningThe options are as follows:
369fa69b97Shenning.Bl -tag -width Ds
379fa69b97Shenning.It Fl d
389fa69b97ShenningDo not daemonize and log to stderr.
399fa69b97Shenning.It Fl D Ar macro=value
409fa69b97ShenningDefine
419fa69b97Shenning.Ar macro
429fa69b97Shenningto be set to
439fa69b97Shenning.Ar value
449fa69b97Shenningon the command line.
459fa69b97ShenningOverrides the definition of
469fa69b97Shenning.Ar macro
479fa69b97Shenningin the configuration file.
489fa69b97Shenning.It Fl f Ar file
499fa69b97ShenningSpecify an alternate location,
509fa69b97Shenning.Ar file ,
519fa69b97Shenningfor the configuration file.
52*ea5db239Shenning.It Fl n
53*ea5db239ShenningConfigtest mode.
54*ea5db239ShenningOnly check the config file for validity.
559fa69b97Shenning.It Fl v
569fa69b97ShenningProduce more verbose output.
579fa69b97Shenning.El
589fa69b97Shenning.Sh FILES
599fa69b97Shenning.Bl -tag -width "/etc/bgpd.conf" -compact
609fa69b97Shenning.It Pa /etc/bgpd.conf
619fa69b97Shenning.Nm
629fa69b97Shenningconfiguration file.
639fa69b97Shenning.El
649fa69b97Shenning.Sh HISTORY
659fa69b97ShenningThe
669fa69b97Shenning.Nm
679fa69b97Shenningprogram first appeared in
689fa69b97Shenning.Ox 3.5 .
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