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@@ -1,26 +1,28 @@
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983 The Regents of the University of California.
 .\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983 The Regents of the University of California.
 .\" All rights reserved.
 .\"

-.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
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-.\" by the University of California, Berkeley.  The name of the
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-.\" from this software without specific prior written permission.
-.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
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-.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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+.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

 .\"
 .\"

-.\"    @(#)route.8     6.6 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\"    @(#)route.8     6.8 (Berkeley) 6/24/90

 .\"
 .\"

-.TH ROUTE 8 ""
+.TH ROUTE 8 "June 24, 1990"

 .UC 5
 .SH NAME
 route \- manually manipulate the routing tables (Interim)
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .UC 5
 .SH NAME
 route \- manually manipulate the routing tables (Interim)
 .SH SYNOPSIS

-.B /etc/route
+.B route

 [
 .B \-n
 ] [
 [
 .B \-n
 ] [


@@ -152,10 +154,13 @@ and
 specify that all subsequent addresses are in the XNS or OSI address families,
 and the names must be numeric specifications rather than
 symbolic names.
 specify that all subsequent addresses are in the XNS or OSI address families,
 and the names must be numeric specifications rather than
 symbolic names.

-To acheieve the effect of an OSI ESIS redirect with the netmask option,
-one can specify
+.PP
+The optional

 .I -netmask
 .I -netmask

-qualifier followed by an OSI address (to be interpreted as a network mask).
+qualifier is intended
+to acheieve the effect of an OSI ESIS redirect with the netmask option.
+One specifies an additional ensuing address parameter
+(to be interpreted as a network mask).

 One can override the implicit network mask generated in the inet case
 by making sure this option follows the destination parameter.
 .PP
 One can override the implicit network mask generated in the inet case
 by making sure this option follows the destination parameter.
 .PP


@@ -200,9 +205,9 @@ If the
 command is specified, 
 .I route
 will ``flush'' the routing tables of all gateway entries.
 command is specified, 
 .I route
 will ``flush'' the routing tables of all gateway entries.

-If this is used in conjunction with one of the commands
-described above, the tables are flushed prior to the command's
-application.
+One can choose to flush only those routes whose destinations
+are of a given address family, by specifying an optional keyword
+describing which address family.

 .PP
 The
 .B \-n
 .PP
 The
 .B \-n