GENL(8) Linux GENL(8)
NAME
genl - generic netlink utility frontend
SYNOPSIS
genl [ -s[tatistics] ] [ -d[etails] ] [ -r[aw] ] OBJECT
genl { -V[ersion] | -h[elp] }
OBJECT := { ctrl CTRL_OPTS }
CTRL_OPTS := { help | list | monitor | get PARMS }
PARMS := { name NAME | id ID }
DESCRIPTION
The genl utility provides a simple frontend to the generic netlink li-
brary. Although it's designed to support multiple OBJECTs, for now only
the ctrl object is available, which is used to query the generic
netlink controller.
ctrl
The generic netlink controller can be queried in various ways:
help This command just prints a help text for the ctrl object.
list Show the registered netlink users.
monitor
Listen for generic netlink notifications.
get Query the controller for a given user, identified either by name
or id.
OPTIONS
genl supports the following options.
-h, -help
Show summary of options.
-V, -Version
Show version of program.
-s, -stats, -statistics
Show object statistics.
-d, -details
Show object details.
-r, -raw
Dump raw output only.
SEE ALSO
ip(8)
AUTHOR
genl was written by Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>.
This manual page was written by Petr Sabata <contyk@redhat.com>.
iproute2 29 Oct 2015 GENL(8)