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3.\" bootpef.8
4.Dd December 4, 1993
5.Dt BOOTPEF 8
6.Os
7.Sh NAME
8.Nm bootpef
9.Nd "BOOTP Extension File compiler"
10.Sh SYNOPSIS
11.Bk -words
12.Nm
13.Op Fl c Ar chdir\-path
14.Op Fl d Ar debug\-level
15.Op Fl f Ar config\-file
16.Op Ar client\-name ...
17.Ek
18.Sh DESCRIPTION
19The
20.Nm
21utility builds the
22.Em "Extension Path"
23files described by
24.%T "RFC 1497"
25(tag 18).
26If any
27.Ar client\-name
28arguments are specified, then
29.Nm
30compiles the extension files for only those clients.
31.Sh OPTIONS
32.Bl -tag -width indent
33.It Fl c Ar chdir\-path
34Sets the current directory used by
35.Nm
36while creating extension files.
37This is useful when the
38extension file names are specified as relative pathnames, and
39.Nm
40needs to use the same current directory as the TFTP server
41(typically
42.Pa /tftpboot ) .
43.It Fl d Ar debug\-level
44Sets the
45.Ar debug\-level
46variable that controls the amount of debugging messages generated.
47For example,
48.Fl d Ar 4
49will set the debugging level to 4.
50.It Fl f Ar config\-file
51Set the name of the config file that specifies the option
52data to be sent to each client.
53.El
54.Sh SEE ALSO
55.Xr bootpd 8 ,
56.Xr tftpd 8
57.Rs
58.%O RFC951
59.%T "BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP)"
60.Re
61.Rs
62.%O RFC1497
63.%T "BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions"
64.Re
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