[ILUG] bloody redhat network init scripts (and regex's)

[Kevin O Riordan]

Here's my effort:

  interfaces=<the original ls ifcfg-* | egrep | egrep | sed thingy>
  
  if [ -n "$ORDERED_INTERFACES" ]; then
    for i in $ORDERED_INTERFACES; do
      action "Bringing up interface $i, in order " ./ifup $i boot
    done
    for i in $interfaces; do
        if echo "$ORDERED_INTERFACES" | grep -v "$i" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
          action "Bringing up interface $i " ./ifup $i boot
        fi
    done
  else
    for i in $interfaces; do
      action "Bringing up interface $i " ./ifup $i boot
    done
  fi 

After a gander thru /etc/rc.d/network & /etc/rc.d/functions, I figgered
it best not to check for an ifcfg- file.  That way the 'action ... ifup'
will fail and be logged in a way consistent with redhats' scripts.

Mebbe I'm wrong, but I reckon folk clueful enough to go editing the
(proposed) $ORDERED_INTERFACES variable would instinctively check the
relevant ifcfg- file as part of investigating an ifup failure.

Anyone ?
-kev