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| author | Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org> | 2013-04-23 02:54:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org> | 2013-04-23 02:54:13 +0200 |
| commit | 32622d0ea366406f3afa14bb9edb4855d6979786 (patch) | |
| tree | 9ccfb9c0e165658e54f82da1d9de2c9bb3348f5a /doc/bird.sgml | |
| parent | efd6d12b975441c7e1875a59dd9e0f3db7e958cb (diff) | |
| parent | a5e9f3d26f887deb451a3ea086e52266c117aa0a (diff) | |
Merge branch 'birdcl'
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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index fab49105..18f3601b 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -623,7 +623,13 @@ codes along with the messages. You do not necessarily need to use -- the format of communication between BIRD and <file/birdc/ is stable (see the programmer's documentation). -Many commands have the <m/name/ of the protocol instance as an argument. +<p>There is also lightweight variant of BIRD client called +<file/birdcl/, which does not support command line editing and history +and has minimal dependencies. This is useful for running BIRD in +resource constrained environments, where Readline library (required +for regular BIRD client) is not available. + +<p>Many commands have the <m/name/ of the protocol instance as an argument. This argument can be omitted if there exists only a single instance. <p>Here is a brief list of supported functions: |