From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   Marco Moock  wrote:   
   > On 16.01.2026 07:53 Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   >   
   >> Some Linux distributions still ship with ifconfig and without ip.   
   >   
   > Which one?   
      
   Tiny Core Linux.   
      
   >> Plus ifconfig is common between different UNIX-type OSs.   
   >   
   > The command name is, but the options are different.   
      
   Yeah, of course, but it's for the same purpose of "configure a   
   network interface".   
      
   > AIX and FreeBSD have -d, Linux doesn't, just for example.   
      
   Ahh, "ifconfig --help" (GNU Inetutils) gives me:   
   " -d, -p, --dstaddr=ADDR, --peer=ADDR   
                                set destination (peer) address to ADDR"   
      
   But it seems it doesn't match FreeBSD's "-d":   
   "-d      Display only the interfaces that are down."   
   https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig   
      
   > Various other differences exist, just compare the options listed in the   
   > manpages.   
      
   Yes, but they're similar in purpose and general behaviour. Such is   
   to be expected between OSs. It's a really dumb argument for   
   omitting it entirely. Better change the "cp" command too in that   
   case because on BSD you don't get the "-b", "-u", etc. options like   
   in GNU Coreutils "cp" that's typical on Linux, so that's different   
   too, and so on...   
      
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