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+.TH RIPD 8 "July 2000" "Zebra" "Version 0.88"
+
+.SH NAME
+ripd \- a RIP routing engine for use with Zebra
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B ripd
+[
+.B \-dhrv
+]
+[
+.B \-f config-file
+]
+[
+.B \-i pid-file
+]
+[
+.B \-P port-number
+]
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B ripd 
+is a routing component that supports the 
+.B zebra
+route engine.
+.B ripd 
+supports RIPv1, RIPv2, and so forth.
+
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+
+.TP
+\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-daemon\fR
+Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty.
+
+.TP
+\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-config-file \fR\fIconfig-file\fR
+Specifies the config file to use for startup. If not specified this option will likely default to \fB\fI/usr/local/etc/ripd.conf\fR.
+ 
+.TP
+\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
+A brief message.
+
+.TP
+\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-pid_file \fR\fIpid-file\fR
+When ripd starts its process idenifier is written to
+\fB\fIpid-file\fR.  The init system uses the recorded PID to stop or
+restart ripd.  The likely default is \fB\fI/var/run/ripd.pid\fR.
+
+.TP
+\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-vty_port \fR\fIport-number\fR 
+Specify the port that the ripd VTY will listen on. This defaults to
+2602, as specified in \fB\fI/etc/services\fR.
+
+.TP
+\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-retain\fR 
+When the program terminates, retain routes added by \fBripd\fR.
+
+.TP
+\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
+Print the version and exit.
+
+
+.SH COMMANDS
+
+\fB router rip \fR
+\fB no router rip \fR
+
+\fB rip version [1|2] \fR
+\fB no rip version [1|2] \fR
+
+\fB network [A.B.C.D/M] \fR
+\fB no network [A.B.C.D/M] \fR
+
+\fB network [IFNAME] \fR
+\fB no network [IFNAME] \fR
+
+\fB neighbor [A.B.C.D] \fR
+\fB no neighbor [A.B.C.D] \fR
+
+\fB redistribute kernel \fR
+\fB redistribute kernel metric [METRIC]\fR
+\fB redistribute kernel route-map [ROUTE-MAP]\fR
+\fB no redistribute kernel \fR
+
+\fB redistribute static \fR
+\fB redistribute static metric [METRIC]\fR
+\fB redistribute static route-map [ROUTE-MAP]\fR
+\fB no redistribute static \fR
+
+\fB redistribute connected \fR
+\fB redistribute connected metric [METRIC]\fR
+\fB redistribute connected route-map [ROUTE-MAP]\fR
+\fB no redistribute connected \fR
+
+\fB redistribute ospf \fR
+\fB redistribute ospf metric [METRIC]\fR
+\fB redistribute ospf route-map [ROUTE-MAP]\fR
+\fB no redistribute ospf \fR
+
+\fB redistribute bgp \fR
+\fB redistribute bgp metric [METRIC]\fR
+\fB redistribute bgp route-map [ROUTE-MAP]\fR
+\fB no redistribute bgp \fR
+
+\fB route [A.B.C.D/M] \fR
+\fB no route [A.B.C.D/M] \fR
+
+\fB default-information originate \fR
+\fB no default-information originate \fR
+
+\fB default-metric [METRIC] \fR
+\fB no default-metric [METRIC] \fR
+
+\fB passive-interface [IFNAME] \fR
+\fB no passive-interface [IFNAME] \fR
+
+\fB offset-list [ACCESS-LIST] [in|out]\fR
+\fB offset-list [ACCESS-LIST] [in|out] [IFNAME]\fR
+\fB no offset-list [ACCESS-LIST] [in|out]\fR
+
+\fB timers basic [UPDATE-INTERVAL] [INVALID] [TIMEOUT] [GARBAGE-COLLECT] \fR
+\fB no timers basic \fR
+
+\fB distribute-list [ACCESS-LIST] [in|out] [IFNAME] \fR
+\fB no distribute-list [ACCESS-LIST] [in|out] [IFNAME] \fR
+
+\fB distribute-list prefix [PREFIX-LIST] [in|out] [IFNAME] \fR
+\fB no distribute-list prefix [PREFIX-LIST] [in|out] [IFNAME] \fR
+
+\fB distance [DISTANCE] \fR
+\fB no distance [DISTANCE] \fR
+
+\fB distance [DISTANCE] [A.B.C.D/M] \fR
+\fB no distance [DISTANCE] [A.B.C.D/M] \fR
+
+\fB distance [DISTANCE] [A.B.C.D/M] [ACCESS-LIST]\fR
+\fB no distance [DISTANCE] [A.B.C.D/M] [ACCESS-LIST]\fR
+
+\fB ip rip send version [VERSION] \fR
+\fB no ip rip send version [VERSION] \fR
+\fB ip rip receive version [VERSION] \fR
+\fB no ip rip receive version [VERSION] \fR
+
+\fB ip rip authentication mode [md5|text]\fR
+\fB no ip rip authentication mode [md5|text]\fR
+
+\fB ip rip authentication key-chain [KEY-CHAIN]\fR
+\fB no ip rip authentication key-chain [KEY-CHAIN]\fR
+
+\fB ip rip authentication string [STRING]\fR
+\fB no ip rip authentication string [STRING]\fR
+
+\fB ip spli-horizon\fR
+\fB no ip spli-horizon\fR
+
+\fB show ip rip \fR
+\fB show ip protocols \fR
+\fB show debugging rip \fR
+
+\fB debug rip \fR
+\fB debug rip events \fR
+\fB debug rip packet \fR
+\fB debug rip zebra \fR
+
+.SH FILES
+
+.TP
+.BI /usr/local/sbin/ripd
+The default location of the 
+.B ripd
+binary.
+
+.TP
+.BI /usr/local/etc/ripd.conf
+The default location of the 
+.B ripd
+config file.
+
+.TP
+.BI $(PWD)/ripd.log 
+If the 
+.B ripd
+process is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will find this
+file in the directory where you started \fBripd\fR.
+
+
+.SH WARNING
+This man page is intended as a quick reference for command line options, and for config file commands. The definitive document is the Info file \fBzebra\fR.
+
+
+.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+The ripd process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log file, or through syslog to the system logs. 
+.B ripd
+supports many debugging options, see the Info file, or the source for details.
+
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+References to other related man pages:
+
+ripngd(8), ospfd(8), ospf6d(8), bgpd(8), zebra(8)
+
+
+
+.SH BUGS
+.B ripd
+eats bugs for breakfast. If you have food for the maintainers try 
+.BI <bug-zebra@gnu.org>
+
+
+.SH AUTHOR[S]
+See <\fBwww.zebra.org\fR>, or the Info file for an accurate list of authors.