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@@ -1033,10 +1033,23 @@ incompatible with each other (that is to prevent you from shooting in the foot).
<cf><m/P/.len</cf> returns the length of path <m/P/.
- <cf>prepend(<m/P/,<m/A/)</cf> prepends ASN <m/A/ to path <m/P/ and returns the result.
+ <cf>prepend(<m/P/,<m/A/)</cf> prepends ASN <m/A/ to path
+ <m/P/ and returns the result.
+
+ <cf>delete(<m/P/,<m/A/)</cf> deletes all instances of ASN
+ <m/A/ from from path <m/P/ and returns the result.
+ <m/A/ may also be an integer set, in that case the
+ operator deletes all ASNs from path <m/P/ that are also
+ members of set <m/A/.
+
+ <cf>filter(<m/P/,<m/A/)</cf> deletes all ASNs from path
+ <m/P/ that are not members of integer set <m/A/.
+ I.e., <cf/filter/ do the same as <cf/delete/ with inverted
+ set <m/A/.
+
Statement <cf><m/P/ = prepend(<m/P/, <m/A/);</cf> can be shortened to
<cf><m/P/.prepend(<m/A/);</cf> if <m/P/ is appropriate route attribute
- (for example <cf/bgp_path/).
+ (for example <cf/bgp_path/). Similarly for <cf/delete/ and <cf/filter/.
<tag/bgpmask/
BGP masks are patterns used for BGP path matching
@@ -1169,7 +1182,7 @@ undefined value is regarded as empty clist for most purposes.
Preference of the route. Valid values are 0-65535. (See the chapter about routing tables.)
<tag><m/ip/ from</tag>
- The router which the route has originated from. Read-only.
+ The router which the route has originated from.
<tag><m/ip/ gw</tag>
Next hop packets routed using this route should be forwarded to.