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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1985 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)arp.8c      6.2 (Berkeley) 5/20/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH ARP 8C "May 20, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 6
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: arp \- address resolution display and control
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B arp
        !            13: .I hostname
        !            14: .br
        !            15: .B arp -a
        !            16: [
        !            17: .I vmunix
        !            18: ] [
        !            19: .I kmem
        !            20: ]
        !            21: .br
        !            22: .B arp -d
        !            23: .I hostname
        !            24: .br
        !            25: .B arp -s
        !            26: .I hostname ether_addr
        !            27: [
        !            28: .B temp
        !            29: ] [
        !            30: .B pub
        !            31: ] [
        !            32: .B trail
        !            33: ]
        !            34: .br
        !            35: .B arp -f
        !            36: .I filename
        !            37: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            38: The
        !            39: .I arp
        !            40: program displays and modifies the Internet-to-Ethernet address translation
        !            41: tables used by the address resolution protocol
        !            42: .RI ( arp (4p)).
        !            43: .LP
        !            44: With no flags, the program displays the current ARP entry for
        !            45: .I hostname.
        !            46: The host may be specified by name or by number,
        !            47: using Internet dot notation.
        !            48: With the
        !            49: .B -a
        !            50: flag, the program displays all of the current ARP entries by reading the table
        !            51: from the file
        !            52: .I kmem
        !            53: (default /dev/kmem) based on the kernel file 
        !            54: .I vmunix 
        !            55: (default /vmunix).
        !            56: .LP
        !            57: With the
        !            58: .B -d
        !            59: flag, a super-user may delete an entry for the host called
        !            60: .I hostname.
        !            61: .LP
        !            62: The
        !            63: .B -s
        !            64: flag is given to create an ARP entry for the host called
        !            65: .I hostname
        !            66: with the Ethernet address 
        !            67: .I ether_addr.
        !            68: The Ethernet address is given as six hex bytes separated by colons.
        !            69: The entry will be permanent unless the word
        !            70: .B temp
        !            71: is given in the command. 
        !            72: If the word
        !            73: .B pub
        !            74: is given, the entry will be "published"; i.e., this system will
        !            75: act as an ARP server,
        !            76: responding to requests for 
        !            77: .I hostname
        !            78: even though the host address is not its own.
        !            79: The word
        !            80: .B trail
        !            81: indicates that trailer encapsulations may be sent to this host.
        !            82: .LP
        !            83: The 
        !            84: .B -f
        !            85: flag causes the file
        !            86: .I filename
        !            87: to be read and multiple entries to be set in the ARP tables.  Entries
        !            88: in the file should be of the form
        !            89: .IP
        !            90: .I hostname ether_addr
        !            91: [
        !            92: .B temp
        !            93: ] [
        !            94: .B pub
        !            95: ] [
        !            96: .B trail
        !            97: ]
        !            98: .LP
        !            99: with argument meanings as given above.
        !           100: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           101: inet(3N), arp(4P), ifconfig(8C)

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