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6 zebra - a routing manager for use with associated Quagga components.
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9 zebra [ -bdhklrv ] [ -f config-file ] [ -i pid-file ] [ -P port-number
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13 zebra is a routing manager that implements the zebra route engine.
14 zebra supports RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPng, OSPF, OSPF6, IS-IS, BGP4+, and
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18 Options available for the zebra command:
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20 -b, --batch
21 Runs in batch mode, zebra parses its config and exits.
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24 Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty.
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26 -f, --config-file config-file
27 Specifies the config file to use for startup. If not specified
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31 Specify the group to run as. Default is quagga.
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33 -h, --help
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36 -i, --pid_file pid-file
37 When zebra starts its process identifier is written to pid-file.
38 The init system uses the recorded PID to stop or restart zebra.
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45 Specify the port that the zebra VTY will listen on. This
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49 Specify the address that the zebra VTY will listen on. Default
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53 Specify the user to run as. Default is quagga.
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56 When the program terminates, retain routes added by zebra.
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59 Set netlink receive buffer size. There are cases where zebra
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71 -v, --version
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75 /usr/local/sbin/zebra
76 The default location of the zebra binary.
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79 The default location of the zebra config file.
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82 If the zebra process is config'd to output logs to a file, then
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87 This man page is intended to be a quick reference for command line
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91 The zebra process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log file,
92 or through syslog to the system logs. zebra supports many debugging
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96 bgpd(8), ripd(8), ripngd(8), ospfd(8), ospf6d(8), isisd(8), nhrpd(8),
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100 zebra eats bugs for breakfast. If you have food for the maintainers try
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110Zebra daemon 25 November 2004 ZEBRA(8)