Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 Oct 1998 13:49:31 +0100 | From | Matthias Welwarsky <> | Subject | Re: Patch to fix /proc/net files. |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > This patch should convert /proc/net/{raw,tcp,udp} so that the various > > IP addresses therein are shown in dotted quad format rather than in > > little-endian hex integers. > > Changing the format is an even worse idea >
net-tools need the /proc/net stuff quite a lot, and from this point of view having the data in network byte order would be a good thing, I think. Only minor changes on application level, and it would ease maintaining net-tools across the multiple platforms.
Gruss Matthias
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