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authorTodd T. Fries <todd@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-01-10 03:00:56 +0000
committerTodd T. Fries <todd@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-01-10 03:00:56 +0000
commit45073eac5bf9efc70f5223e80e98d8d79f450acd (patch)
treeaaeca13a4039c366b21de086dfc0ac6c05fe4521 /share
parentf65a9d7f613c36b437268ded37c81561fa4ecb2b (diff)
move `!' and `#' into their own section; fix dest; rm excess example
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man5/hostname.if.524
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/hostname.if.5 b/share/man/man5/hostname.if.5
index 1e757a0b769..e18c7d60cbd 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/hostname.if.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/hostname.if.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: hostname.if.5,v 1.13 2000/01/10 02:32:55 todd Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: hostname.if.5,v 1.14 2000/01/10 03:00:55 todd Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: hosts.5,v 1.4 1994/11/30 19:31:20 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
@@ -55,13 +55,7 @@ such as
or
.Pa bridgename.bridge0 .
However, a configuration file is not needed for lo0.
-Note that multiple entries can be used per configuration file,
-that we support comments (lines that begin with ``#''), and
-arbitrary commands (lines that begin with ``!''). Most of the
-time it will be useful to use things like the network interface
-name while using arbitrary commands, this can be accomplished
-by placing ``\e$if'' at the appropriate place in the command.
-There is an example below for clarity.
+Note that multiple entries can be used per configuration file.
.Pp
The following three formats are valid for
.Nm hostname.*
@@ -95,9 +89,6 @@ inet alias 10.0.1.16 0xffffffff
# ipv6 lines
inet6 alias fec0::1 64
inet6 alias fec0::2 64 anycast
-# Below we set the mac address
-# for a wavelan interface
-!wicontrol \e$if -m C0:01:00:00:D4:d3
!wicontrol \e$if -t 2 # Set to 2Mbps
.Ed
.Pp
@@ -134,7 +125,7 @@ The optional broadcast address for the interface, i.e.,
.It Va options
Optional miscellaneous options to set on the interface, i.e.,
.Dq media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex .
-.It Li dest
+.It Li Va dest
If the interface needs a destination address address set, this is
the literal text
.Dq dest .
@@ -150,6 +141,15 @@ library routines.
.It Va prefixlen
The prefixlen number, or number of bits in the netmask, to be set on
the interface, such as 64.
+.It Va #
+Comments are allowed. Anything following a comment
+character is treated as a comment.
+.It Va !
+Arbitrary commands allow interface specific configuration to
+take place like setting wavelan parameters with
+.Xr wicontrol 8 . It is worth note that using
+.Dq \e$if
+will cause this value to be replaced by the interface name.
.El
.Pp
A DHCP-configured network interface setup consists of