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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 0385de6db..e766b69e2 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -11228,7 +11228,8 @@ empty. The parsing correctly handles SMTPUTF8 Unicode in the string. -.vitem &*${mask:*&<&'IP&~address'&>&*/*&<&'bit&~count'&>&*}*& +.vitem &*${mask:*&<&'IP&~address'&>&*/*&<&'bit&~count'&>&*}*& &&& + &*${mask_n:*&<&'IP&~address'&>&*/*&<&'bit&~count'&>&*}*& .cindex "masked IP address" .cindex "IP address" "masking" .cindex "CIDR notation" @@ -11242,8 +11243,14 @@ the result back to text, with mask appended. For example, .code ${mask:10.111.131.206/28} .endd -returns the string &"10.111.131.192/28"&. Since this operation is expected to -be mostly used for looking up masked addresses in files, the result for an IPv6 +returns the string &"10.111.131.192/28"&. + +Since this operation is expected to +be mostly used for looking up masked addresses in files, the +.new +normal +.wen +result for an IPv6 address uses dots to separate components instead of colons, because colon terminates a key string in lsearch files. So, for example, .code @@ -11253,6 +11260,10 @@ returns the string .code 3ffe.ffff.836f.0a00.000a.0800.2000.0000/99 .endd +.new +If the optional form &*mask_n*& is used, IPv6 address result are instead +returned in normailsed form, using colons and with zero-compression. +.wen Letters in IPv6 addresses are always output in lower case. |