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From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.pp.ru>
Subject: Re: bin/38533: 'ifconfig ifname down delete' does not deletes aliases
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The following reply was made to PR bin/38533; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.pp.ru>
To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@www.svzserv.kemerovo.su>,
	bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: bin/38533: 'ifconfig ifname down delete' does not deletes aliases
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 23:28:09 +0800

 Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
 > 
 > On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 03:10:18PM +0800, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
 > >
 > > I have an interface with primary and aliased addresses
 > > and try to clear them all and take interface down.
 > > So I type
 > >
 > >       ifconfig fxp0 down delete
 > >
 > > And I see that primary address (with correct netmask) is removed
 > > but alias (with netmask 255.255.255.255) is still here.
 > >
 > It would be very sad if it did.
 > 
 > `delete' is just another alias for `-alias'.  It deletes the address
 > specified, or the first address (in this family) if no address was
 > specified, of the interface.
 > 
 > This PR can be closed.
 
 Then it should preserve original netmask, I guess.
 
 Well, if 'ifconfig down delete' doesn't deletes all interfaces' IP,
 if there an easy way to perform this task?
 If not, I think this command is good candidate.
 
 Eugene Grosbein

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