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Date:      Sat, 08 Feb 2003 08:47:48 +0900 (JST)
From:      Hiroki Sato <hrs@eos.ocn.ne.jp>
To:        doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   /etc/start_if.${ifn}
Message-ID:  <20030208.084748.55715545.hrs@eos.ocn.ne.jp>

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Hi,

 I have found it is not documented that if /etc/start_if.${ifn} is
 present it is executed from /etc/rc.d/network1.  Is it mentioned somewhere?
 If not, I would like to add a description into rc.conf(5) like
 the attached patch.

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| Hiroki SATO  <hrs@eos.ocn.ne.jp> / <hrs@FreeBSD.org>

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Index: rc.conf.5
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5,v
retrieving revision 1.172
diff -d -u -I\$FreeBSD:.*\$ -I\$Id:.*\$ -I\$hrs:.*\$ -r1.172 rc.conf.5
--- rc.conf.5	19 Jan 2003 01:49:31 -0000	1.172
+++ rc.conf.5	7 Feb 2003 23:29:36 -0000
@@ -643,6 +643,12 @@
 be added since the search would
 stop with the missing alias3 entry.
 .Pp
+If
+.Pa /etc/start_if. Ns Aq Ar interface
+files are present, they are executed as sh-scripts before
+configurations specified in
+.Va ifconfig_ Ns Aq Ar interface .
+.Pp
 It is possible to bring up an interface with DHCP by setting the
 .Va ifconfig_ Ns Aq Ar interface
 variable to
help

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