debian man page for ip-addrlabel

IP-ADDRLABEL(8) 						       Linux							   IP-ADDRLABEL(8)

NAME
       ip-addrlabel - protocol address label management

SYNOPSIS
       ip [ OPTIONS ] addrlabel  { COMMAND | help }

       OPTIONS := { -V[ersion] | -s[tatistics] | -r[esolve] | -f[amily] { inet | inet6 | ipx | dnet | link } | -o[neline] }

       ip addrlabel { add | del } prefix PREFIX [ dev DEV ] [ label NUMBER ]

       ip addrlabel { list | flush }

DESCRIPTION
       IPv6 address label is used for address selection described in RFC 3484.	Precedence is managed by userspace, and only label is stored in
       kernel.

   ip addrlabel add - add an address label
       the command adds an address label entry to the kernel.

       prefix PREFIX

       dev DEV
	      the outgoing interface.

       label NUMBER
	      the label for the prefix.  0xffffffff is reserved.

   ip addrlabel del - delete an address label
       the command deletes an address label entry in the kernel.  Arguments: coincide with the arguments of ip addrlabel add but label is not
       required.

   ip addrlabel list - list address labels
       the command show contents of address labels.

   ip addrlabel flush - flush address labels
       the command flushes the contents of address labels and it does not restore default settings.

SEE ALSO
       ip(8)

AUTHOR
       Manpage by Yoshifuji Hideaki /

iproute2							    20 Dec 2011 						   IP-ADDRLABEL(8)