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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index 1f494cce..3905a29e 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -497,6 +497,24 @@ This argument can be omitted if there exists only a single instance. <tag>enable|disable|restart <m/name/|"<m/pattern/"|all</tag> Enable, disable or restart a given protocol instance, instances matching the <cf><m/pattern/</cf> or <cf/all/ instances. + <tag>reload [in|out] <m/name/|"<m/pattern/"|all</tag> + + Reload a given protocol instance, that means re-import routes + from the protocol instance and re-export preferred routes to + the instance. If <cf/in/ or <cf/out/ options are used, the + command is restricted to one direction (re-import or + re-export). + + This command is useful if appropriate filters have changed but + the protocol instance was not restarted (or reloaded), + therefore it still propagates the old set of routes. For example + when <cf/configure soft/ command was used to change filters. + + Re-export always succeeds, but re-import is protocol-dependent + and might fail (for example, if BGP neighbor does not support + route-refresh extension). In that case, re-export is also + skipped. + <tag/down/ Shut BIRD down. |