Why was Linux' route command written so strictly or explicitly? E.G. it
seems that other OS's / routers allow something like:
route add 204.132.128.1/24
Which means route the 204.132.128 net with a gateway of the entire address.
Or written in Linux route command -
route add -net 204.132.128.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 204.132.128.1
The former being a shorthand method of defining the entire
address,netmask,gw in one string.
I am NOT arguing against the way it was done. Just wondering why it was
designed that way.
Doug
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