Added a perl example to turn an IP address into a MAC address.

diff --git a/doc/tinc.texi b/doc/tinc.texi
index 8c909b9..b51bf01 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/tinc.texi
+++ b/doc/tinc.texi
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 \input texinfo   @c -*-texinfo-*-
 \input texinfo   @c -*-texinfo-*-

-@c $Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.5 2000/10/14 22:22:06 zarq Exp $
+@c $Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.6 2000/11/02 21:34:45 zarq Exp $

 @c %**start of header
 @setfilename tinc.info
 @settitle tinc Manual
 @c %**start of header
 @setfilename tinc.info
 @settitle tinc Manual


@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1998,199,2000 Ivo Timmermans
 <itimmermans@@bigfoot.com>, Guus Sliepen <guus@@sliepen.warande.net> and
 Wessel Dankers <wsl@@nl.linux.org>.
 
 <itimmermans@@bigfoot.com>, Guus Sliepen <guus@@sliepen.warande.net> and
 Wessel Dankers <wsl@@nl.linux.org>.
 

-$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.5 2000/10/14 22:22:06 zarq Exp $
+$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.6 2000/11/02 21:34:45 zarq Exp $

 
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
 manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
 
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
 manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are


@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1998,1999,2000 Ivo Timmermans
 <itimmermans@@bigfoot.com>, Guus Sliepen <guus@@sliepen.warande.net> and
 Wessel Dankers <wsl@@nl.linux.org>.
 
 <itimmermans@@bigfoot.com>, Guus Sliepen <guus@@sliepen.warande.net> and
 Wessel Dankers <wsl@@nl.linux.org>.
 

-$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.5 2000/10/14 22:22:06 zarq Exp $
+$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.6 2000/11/02 21:34:45 zarq Exp $

 
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
 manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
 
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
 manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are


@@ -554,6 +554,14 @@ $ printf 'fe:fd:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x' 10 1 54 1
 fe:fd:0a:01:36:01
 @end example
 
 fe:fd:0a:01:36:01
 @end example
 

+or with perl:
+
+@example
+$ perl -e 'print "fe:fd:", join(":", map @{sprintf "%02x", $_@} split(/\./, $ARGV[0])), "\n";' 10.1.54.1
+fe:fd:0a:01:36:01
+@end example
+
+

 @cindex ifconfig
 To activate the device, you have to assign an IP address to it.  To set
 an IP address @emph{IP} with network mask @emph{mask}, do the following:
 @cindex ifconfig
 To activate the device, you have to assign an IP address to it.  To set
 an IP address @emph{IP} with network mask @emph{mask}, do the following: