On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 10:22:41AM +1100, matthew green wrote:

 > does this mean i can no longer safely run:
 > 
 > 	ifconfig `cat /etc/ifconfig.xxx`
 > 
 > ?  if so, that's a lose.

You never really could -- ifconfig.xxx has always allowed multiple
lines:

swinger:thorpej 2$ cat /etc/ifconfig.tlp0
inet 208.176.2.169 netmask 255.255.255.240
inet6 3ffe:507:183::8 alias prefixlen 64
swinger:thorpej 3$ 

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