route_atob(1)
NAME
route_atob - Route ASCII to binary
SYNOPSIS
route_atob [-i ascii_data_file] [-o data_out_file]
DESCRIPTION
`route_atob' converts ASCII descriptions of Merit Routing
Toolkit (MRT) messages to binary MRT messages for use with
other toolkit programs.
OPTIONS
- -i Name of the file containing ASCII descrption of
- MRT messages. An argument 'stdin' will read from
standard input. - -o Name of binary output file. An argument of 'std
- out' will write to standard output (this is the default).
Grammer
[TIME: mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss:]
TYPE: BGP/UPDATE
[FROM: AS ip_address]
[WITHDRAW | ANNOUNCE]
EXAMPLE
- > more ascii_file TIME: 01/24/95 16:27:46
TYPE: BGP/UPDATE
ASPATH: 185
ORIGIN: IGP
NEXT_HOP: 198.108.60.1/32
LOCAL_PREF: 0
MULTIEXIT: 0
ANNOUNCE: - 0/0 > route_btoa -i ascii_file -o binary_output_file
SEE ALSO
route_btoa(1), mrt(1), sbgp(1), bgp(1), mrt_io(3)
BUGS
Lots -- this is an ALPHA release after all!
AUTHOR
- Craig Labovitz, Merit Network, Inc.