| .TH nl\-qdisc 8 "21 October 2010" "libnl" |
| .SH NAME |
| nl\-qdisc\-{add|list|delete} - Manage queueing disciplines |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B nl\-qdisc\-add \-\-dev |
| .I dev |
| .B \-\-parent |
| .I id |
| .B [OPTIONS] |
| .I qdisc-type |
| .B [QDISC] |
| .sp |
| .B nl\-qdisc\-delete [ \-\-interactive ] [OPTIONS] |
| .sp |
| .B nl\-qdisc\-list [OPTIONS] |
| |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .PP |
| The nl\-qdisc tools allow to manage and configure queueing disciplines |
| (qdiscs) in the kernel. |
| |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .BR \-\^h " or " \-\-help |
| Print help text to console and exit. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-\^v " or " \-\-version |
| Print versioning information to console and exit. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-\^q " or " \-\-quiet |
| Do not print informal notifications about actions taken to the console. |
| By default a short description of each qdisc added/update/deleted will |
| be printed to the console. This option disables this behaviour. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-\^d " or " \-\-dev "=DEV" |
| Network device the qdisc is attached to. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-\^p " or " \-\-parent "=ID" |
| Identifier of the parent qdisc/class this qdisc is attached to. The |
| identifier can be specified as classid, name or one of the special |
| values "root" or "ingress". |
| .TP |
| .BR \-\^i " or " \-\-id "=ID" |
| Identifier of qdisc. It can be specified as classid or name. |
| |
| .SS nl\-qdisc\-add Options |
| .TP |
| .B \-\-update |
| Update qdisc if it already exists, otherwise attempting to add a qdisc which already |
| exists will result in an error. This does not include changing the type of the qdisc, |
| use \-\-replace if you wish to do so. |
| .TP |
| .B \-\-replace |
| Replace or update qdisc if it already exists. Same behaviour as \-\-update but will |
| completely replace the qdisc if it exists already. |
| .TP |
| .B \-\-update\-only |
| Update an existing qdisc but do not create it if it does not exist. |
| .TP |
| .B \-\-replace\-only |
| Update or replace an existing qdisc but do not create it if it does exist. |
| |
| .SS nl\-qdisc\-delete Options |
| .TP |
| .B \-\-interactive |
| The interactive mode requires confirmation by the user for each qdisc deleted. It |
| will print a prompt for each qdisc matching the provided filter and requires the |
| user to answer 'y'es or 'n'o. |
| .TP |
| .B \-\-yes |
| Make the default answer for interactive prompts be 'y'es. This option is also |
| required to delete all qdiscs on all network devices. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-\^k " or " \-\-kind "=TYPE" |
| Only delete qdiscs of this type. |
| |
| .SS nl\-qdisc\-list Options |
| .TP |
| .B \-\-details |
| Show detailed information for each qdisc listed. |
| .TP |
| .B \-\-stats |
| Show statistics information for each qdisc listed. This option will also turn |
| on detailed information automatically. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-\^r " or " \-\-recursive |
| List all TC objects recurisvely attached to all qdiscs matching the filter. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-\^k " or " \-\-kind "=TYPE" |
| Only list qdiscs of this type. |
| |
| .SH USAGE |
| .PP |
| Add a HTB root qdisc with id "5:": |
| .PP |
| .RS |
| nl\-qdisc\-add \-\-dev eth0 \-\-parent root \-\-id 5: htb |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| List all qdiscs on eth0 and print statistical data: |
| .PP |
| .RS |
| nl\-qdisc\-list \-\-stats \-\-dev eth0 |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| Delete the qdisc "5:": |
| .RS |
| nl\-qdisc\-delete \-\-id 5: |
| .RE |
| |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .PP |
| .B nl\-classid\-lookup(8) |
| |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| .PP |
| Thomas Graf is the original author and current maintainer of libnl and |
| libnl tools. Many people have contributed to it since. |
