}   > does this mean i can no longer safely run:
}   >
}   > 	ifconfig `cat /etc/ifconfig.xxx`
}   >
}   > ?  if so, that's a lose.
}   
}   Well, you couldn't always do so before either... my ifconfig.* files have
}   two lines, one for IPv4, and one for IPv6.
}
}
}ah, so we began losing with ipv6 i guess.  oh well, i'll just have to get
}out of that habit :-(

I have had aliases in mine, too.

Tracy J. Di Marco White
Project Vincent Systems Manager
gendalia@iastate.edu