On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 10:43:10AM +1000, Phil Scarratt wrote:
> Alexander Samad wrote:
> >interesting - have your tried a bash -x 
> >

look in bash searh for set in SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS and it takes an
option of -x 
-x      After  expanding  each  simple command, display the
expanded value of PS4, followed by the command and its expanded arguments.

        

> 
> hmmm...what's the -x do? Can't seem to find it in the man page - 
> something to do with environment?
> 
> >quick look at man ifconfig suggests, I could be wrong but 
> >
> >ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up - should be split into
> >ifconfig eth0 up
> >ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0
> >
> >
> >from man
> >SYNOPSIS
> >       ifconfig [interface]
> >       ifconfig interface [aftype] options | address ...
> >
> >seems like there is a | between options and address ! or maybe the
> >address should come before any options !
> >
> 
> I thought you might be onto something here but it says later in the 
> manpage that specifying an address implies the up option, but then again 
> maybe 0.0.0.0 is not considered an address.....hmmmm gives me something 
> to work with...thanks!!
> 
> Fil
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