ip vs. if{up,down}

[Dan Jenkins]

Ben Scott wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 22:19:29 -0500, Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org> wrote:
> 
>>... you can use ifup to bring up your dial-up connections on the command line.
> 
>   Yup.  It's been this was since at least as far back as RHL 6.2.  I
> suspect it's even older, but anything before that and I'd have to pull
> archive tape for my brain.
> 
>   All "ifup foo" does is look for a file
> 
> 	/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-foo

I used this on TurboLinux (a RedHat derivative) back in 1997 or 
so. So, it has been working this way for quite awhile.

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