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Subject: ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
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Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 13:27:31 +0800 (SGT)
From: Sin Key Teck <ktsin@acm.org>
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Every time I add an alias to the fxp interface I would get the following
message:

ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists

What does it mean? How to get rid of it?

kt