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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:38:03 -0700
From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@iijlab.net>
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Subject: Re: review request: network interface cloning
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On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 03:25:11AM +0900, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:
> >newgif=3D3D`ifconfig gif# create`
> >ifconfig $newgif 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2
>=20
> 	you may need to have backslash before #... :-)

Not in /bin/sh anyway (I just tested it).  I think the `` part protects
the #.  There might be some corner cases, but I'm not sure.

-- Brooks

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