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

[Paul Jakma]

On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Kevin O Riordan wrote:

>
>   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

what if the interface is already up? that's what my nested for is
'for'. or does ifup handle that gracefully?

> (proposed) $ORDERED_INTERFACES variable would instinctively check the
> relevant ifcfg- file as part of investigating an ifup failure.

indeed.

> Anyone ?
> -kev

regards,
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