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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Pavel Machek <tt/pavel@ucw.cz/
<date>2000
<abstract>
-This document contains documentation for Basic Internet Routing Daemon
+This document contains documentation for BIRD Internet Routing Daemon
</abstract>
<!-- Table of contents -->
@@ -73,31 +73,42 @@ protocol rip {
<p>Everything on a line after # is a comment, whitespace is
ignored. If there's variable number of options, it is grouped using {
} brackets.
+
+<p>You can find example of more complicated configuration file in <file>doc/bird.conf.example</file>.
+
+<sect2>Global options
<descrip>
<tag>log "<m/filename/"|syslog|stderr all|{ debug, trace, info,
remote, warning, error, auth, fatal, bug }</tag> set logging of
- classes (either all or { error, trace } etc.) into selected destination.
+ classes (either all or { error, trace } etc.) into selected
+ destination. You may specify more than one <cf/log/ line to
+ log to multiple destinations.
<tag>debug protocols all|off|{ states, routes, filters,
interfaces, events, packets }</tag> set debugging options.
<tag>filter <m/name/ { <m/commands/ }</tag> define filter. You can
learn more about filters in next chapter.
-
- <tag>protocol rip|ospf|bgp <m/name/ { <m>protocol options</m> }</tag> define
- protocol instance, called name. You can learn more about
+
+ <tag>protocol rip|ospf|bgp <m/[name]/ { <m>protocol options</m> }</tag> define
+ protocol instance, called name (or called something like rip5
+ if you ommit name). You can learn more about
configuring protocols in their own chapters.
<tag>define constant = expression</tag> define constant. You can
use it later in every place you could use simple integer.
- <tag>router id <m/ip_address/</tag> set router id.
+ <tag>router id <m/num.num.num.num/</tag> set router
+ id. Usually lowest IP address of router.
<tag>table <m/name/</tag> create new routing table.
</descrip>
-<p>You can find example of more complicated configuration file in <file>doc/bird.conf.example</file>.
+<sect2>Per-protocol options
+
+<p>FIXME - document preference, disabled, debug, import, export, table; see nest/config.Y
+
<sect>Filters