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On 1/29/21 6:37 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> My brain knows that. My fingers only partially so.

I *completely* understand.

> I now manage to use 'ip addr' instead of ifconfig _most_ of the 
> time. I still almost always use 'route' instead of of 'ip route'. I 
> figure in another 20 years, I will have managed a complete transition.

Interestingly enough, routing is one of the things that pushed me to 
using iproute2.  Specifically things related to policy based routing 
(PBR) and multi-path routing.  It's my understanding that the 
traditional route command can't handle either of these.

> And I didn't even know computer museums were hiring.

Nope.

It's just personal hobbies.

> :)
> 
> It can be a bit disorienting when I see an unfamiliar message signed 
> by Grant.

Yep.

More than once I've seen a message from "Grant" and thought "but I 
didn't write...oh!".



-- 
Grant. . . .
unix || die