At 10:12 AM 9/26/02 +0800, Peter wrote:

>[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > Curious. What does your man page for "ifup" say about where it looks
> > for its default interfaces file?
>
>]$ pinfo ifup
>Przemek's Info Viewer v0.5.8
>Error: could not open info file, trying manual
>Error: No manual page found either.
>[...]
>In /sbin/ifup the word interface does not appear in the script.

Oh what fun. On your system (Red Hat? I forget), "/sbin/ifup" is a script. 
On my (Debian) systems, the same app name,  "/sbin/ifup", identifies a binary.

I hate it when stuff this basic becomes both distribution specific -AND- 
named in ways that invite confusion. Pfui!


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