route_atob(1)

NAME
route_atob - Route ASCII to binary

SYNOPSIS
route_atob [-i ascii_data_file] [-o data_out_file]

DESCRIPTION
`route_atob' converts ASCII descriptions of Merit Routing Toolkit (MRT) messages to binary MRT messages for use with other toolkit programs.

OPTIONS

-i  Name of the file containing ASCII descrption of MRT messages. An argument 'stdin' will read from standard input.

-o  Name of binary output file. An argument of 'stdout' will write to standard output (this is the default).

Grammer
[TIME: mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss:]
TYPE: BGP/UPDATE
[FROM: AS ip_address]
[WITHDRAW | ANNOUNCE]

EXAMPLE
> more ascii_file TIME: 01/24/95 16:27:46
TYPE: BGP/UPDATE
ASPATH: 185
ORIGIN: IGP
NEXT_HOP: 198.108.60.1/32
LOCAL_PREF: 0
MULTIEXIT: 0
ANNOUNCE:
 0/0 > route_btoa -i ascii_file -o binary_output_file

SEE ALSO
route_btoa(1), mrt(1), sbgp(1), bgp(1), mrt_io(3)

BUGS
Lots -- this is an ALPHA release after all!

AUTHOR
Craig Labovitz, Merit Network, Inc.