bgpdump/debian/bgpdump.txt

BGPDUMP(1)
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NAME
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bgpdump - translate MRT format files into readable output

VERSION
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Version 1.4.99.15+hg127

SYNOPSIS
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Usage:

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    bgpdump [-m|-M] [-t dump|-t change] [-O <output-file>] <input-file>
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OPTIONS
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Output mode:

*-H*::

multi-line, human-readable (the default)

*-m*::

one-line per entry with unix timestamps

*-M*::

one-line per entry with human readable timestamps (there are other
differences between -m and -M)


Common options:

*-O 'file'*::

output to 'file' instead of STDOUT

*-s*::

log to syslog (the default)

*-v*::

log to STDERR


Options for -m and -M modes:

*-t dump*::

timestamps for RIB dumps reflect the time of the dump (the default)

*-t change*::

timestamps for RIB dumps reflect the last route modification

Special options:

*-T*::

run unit tests and exit


INPUT FORMATS
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* MRT routing table dump entries in TABLE_DUMP or TABLE_DUMP_V2 types
* Zebra/Quagga BGP records:
  ** BGP messages (OPEN, UPDATE, NOTIFY, KEEPALIVE)
  ** BGP state changes
* File may be gzipped or bzip2'd and/or passed in through stdin

The file format is described in the Internet Draft grow-mrt-13:
<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-grow-mrt-13>


BUGS
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If a single update message contains more than 8192 added or
withdrawn prefixes, all those above that number are ignored.

Files with a name longer than 999 characters cannot be processed.


DEBIAN
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Besides bug fixes, the following changes were done in the packaging
for the Debian distribution:

* The maximum number of prefixes processed from a single update
  messages was raised from 2050 to 8192.

* The BGP FSM state values 7 and 8, not mentioned in RFC 4271 but used
  by the quagga routing daemon are translated into a descriptive text.


AUTHOR
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bgpdump was originally written by Dan Ardelean and the RIPE NCC
took over maintenance in 2005.

bgpdump is Copyright (C) 2007-2011 RIPE NCC

This manpage is based on bgpdump's usage output, the bgpdump's
homepage, and other sources. It was written for the Debian project
by Christoph Biedl <debian.axhn@manchmal.in-ulm.de> but may be used
by others.