Re: ipfw: ipfw: Adding record failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

On Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 03:15:46PM +0300, Sulev-Madis Silber wrote:
> so ipfw doesn't support "-" for stdin?
> 
> used ipfw back then and i didn't need it i think
> 
> but "-" would be better solution than any (tmpfs) file, no?
> .....

As far as I know, ipfw has never supported "-" for stdin -- it is not
documented to do so, and empirically, it whines:

	ipfw: bad command `-'

which would appear to limit the utility of that approach.

Peace,
david
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