NAME

vtysh - a integrated shell for Quagga routing software

SYNOPSIS

vtysh [ -b ]
vtysh [ -E ] [ -d daemon ] ] [ -c command ]

DESCRIPTION

vtysh is a integrated shell for Quagga routing engine.

OPTIONS

Options available for the vtysh command:

-b, --boot

Execute boot startup configuration. It makes sense only if integrated config file is in use (not default in Quagga). See Info file Quagga for more info.

-c, --command command

Specify command to be executed under batch mode. It behaves like -c option in any other shell - command is executed and vtysh exits.

It's useful for gathering info from Quagga routing software or reconfiguring daemons from inside shell scripts, etc. Note that multiple commands may be executed by using more than one -c option and/or embedding linefeed characters inside the command string.

-d, --daemon daemon_name

Specify which daemon to connect to. By default, vtysh attempts to connect to all Quagga daemons running on the system. With this flag, one can specify a single daemon to connect to instead. For example, specifying '-d ospfd' will connect only to ospfd. This can be particularly useful inside scripts with -c where the command is targeted for a single daemon.

-e, --execute command

Alias for -c. It's here only for compatibility with Zebra routing software and older Quagga versions. This will be removed in future.

-E, --echo

When the -c option is being used, this flag will cause the standard vtysh prompt and command to be echoed prior to displaying the results. This is particularly useful to separate the results when executing multiple commands.

-h, --help

Display a usage message on standard output and exit.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

VTYSH_PAGER

This should be the name of the pager to use. Default is more.

FILES

/usr/local/etc/vtysh.conf

The default location of the vtysh config file.

/usr/local/etc/Quagga.conf

The default location of the integrated Quagga routing engine config file if integrated config file is in use (not default).

${HOME}/.history_quagga

Location of history of commands entered via cli

WARNING

This man page is intended to be a quick reference for command line options. The definitive document is the Info file Quagga.

SEE ALSO

bgpd(8), ripd(8), ripngd(8), ospfd(8), ospf6d(8), isisd(8), zebra(8)

BUGS

vtysh eats bugs for breakfast. If you have food for the maintainers try http://bugzilla.quagga.net

AUTHORS

See http://www.zebra.org and http://www.quagga.net or the Info file for an accurate list of authors.