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nfdc-face
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SYNOPSIS
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| nfdc face [list [[remote] <FACEURI>] [local <FACEURI>] [scheme <SCHEME>]]
| nfdc face show [id] <FACEID>
| nfdc face create [remote] <FACEURI> [[persistency] <PERSISTENCY>] [local <FACEURI>]
| nfdc face destroy [face] <FACEID|FACEURI>
| nfdc channel [list]
DESCRIPTION
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In NFD, a face is the generalization of network interface.
It could be a physical network interface to communicate on a physical link,
an overlay communication channel between NFD and a remote node,
or an inter-process communication channel between NFD and a local application.
The **nfdc face list** command shows a list of faces, their properties, and statistics,
optionally filtered by remote endpoint, local endpoint, and FaceUri scheme.
When multiple filters are specified, returned faces must satisfy all filters.
The **nfdc face show** command shows properties and statistics of one specific face.
The **nfdc face create** command creates a UDP unicast, TCP, or Ethernet unicast face.
Local FaceUri is required for creating Ethernet unicast faces; otherwise it must be omitted.
The **nfdc face destroy** command destroys an existing face.
The **nfdc channel list** command shows a list of channels.
Channels are listening sockets that can accept incoming connections and create new faces.
OPTIONS
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<FACEID>
Numerical identifier of the face.
It is displayed in the output of **nfdc face list** and **nfdc face create** commands.
<FACEURI>
A URI representing the remote or local endpoint of a face.
Examples:
- udp4://192.0.2.1:6363
- udp6://[2001:db8::1]:6363
- udp://example.net
- tcp4://192.0.2.1:6363
- tcp6://[2001:db8::1]:6363
- tcp://example.net
- unix:///var/run/nfd.sock
- fd://6
- ether://[08:00:27:01:01:01]
- dev://eth0
When a hostname is specified, a DNS query is used to obtain the IP address.
<SCHEME>
The scheme portion of either remote or local endpoint.
Examples:
- udp4
- unix
- dev
<PERSISTENCY>
Either "persistent" or "permanent".
A "persistent" face (the default) is closed when a socket error occurs.
A "permanent" face survives socket errors, and is closed only with a **nfdc destroy** command.
EXIT CODES
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0: Success
1: An unspecified error occurred
2: Malformed command line
3: Face not found (**nfdc face show** and **nfdc face destroy** only)
4: FaceUri canonization failed (**nfdc face create** and **nfdc face destroy** only)
5: Ambiguous: multiple matching faces are found (**nfdc face destroy** only)
SEE ALSO
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nfd(1), nfdc(1)