On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, John R Pierce wrote: >> ip also has a one-line output mechanism: >> >> ip -o link show > ... > > I do wish the mothership would update its standard network configuration > scripts to use ip(8) rather than the legacy ifconfig(8). Rather than using > the legacy eth0:1 style interface aliases, allow a single > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to contain a list of aliases which > get set with > > ip addr add ...... > > ditto optional static routes could be set with > > ip route add ... The great mothership fulfilled your wishes retrospectively if you use route-eth0 to set your routes :) Eg. 1.2.3.4 via 4.3.2.1 8.4.2.0/24 via 7.5.3.1 would be the same as: route add -host 1.2.3.4 gw 4.3.2.1 route add -net 8.4.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 7.5.3.1 -- -- dag wieers, dag at centos.org, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]