Name
genl - generic netlink utility frontendSynopsis
genl " [ " -s [ tatistics "] ] [ " -d [ etails "] ] [ " -r [ aw "] ] " OBJECT genl " { " -V [ ersion "] | " -h [ elp "] }"OBJECT " := { " ctrl CTRL_OPTS " }" CTRL_OPTS " := { " help " | " list " | " monitor " | " getPARMS " }" PARMS " := { " name NAME " | " id ID " }" Description
The genl utility provides a simple frontend to the generic netlink library. Although it's designed to support multipleOBJECT s, for now only the ctrl object is available, which is used to query the generic netlink controller. Ctrl
The generic netlink controller can be queried in various ways:help This command just prints a help text for the ctrl object.
list Show the registered netlink users.
monitor Listen for generic netlink notifications.
get Query the controller for a given user, identified either by name " or " id .
Options
genl supports the following options.-h, -help Show summary of options.
-V, -Version Show version of program.
-s, -stats, -statistics Show object statistics.
-d, -details Show object details.
-r, -raw Dump raw output only.
See Also
- ip(8)
Author
genl was written by Jamal Hadi Salim <[email protected]>.This manual page was written by Petr Sabata <[email protected]>.