sbin/dhclient/client/dhclient.8.no_obj.patch

   1 $DragonFly: src/sbin/dhclient/client/Attic/dhclient.8.no_obj.patch,v 1.2 2006/12/31 20:06:38 dillon Exp $
   2 --- dhclient.8.orig     2006-12-19 11:29:36.000000000 +0100
   3 +++ dhclient.8  2006-12-19 11:47:00.000000000 +0100
   4 @@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
   5  .\"
   6  .\" $Id: dhclient.8,v 1.12.2.9 2004/09/29 23:01:46 dhankins Exp $
   7  .\"
   8 +.\" Portions copyright (c) 2000 David E. O'Brien.
   9 +.\" All rights reserved.
  10 +.\" $FreeBSD: ports/net/isc-dhcp3-server/files/patch-client::dhclient.8,v 1.3 2004/03/22 23:33:09 des Exp $
  11 +.\"
  12  .TH dhclient 8
  13  .SH NAME
  14  dhclient - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
  15 @@ -33,12 +37,18 @@
  16  .I port
  17  ]
  18  [
  19 +.B -D
  20 +]
  21 +[
  22  .B -d
  23  ]
  24  [
  25  .B -q
  26  ]
  27  [
  28 +.B -v
  29 +]
  30 +[
  31  .B -1
  32  ]
  33  [
  34 @@ -69,6 +79,10 @@
  35  relay
  36  ]
  37  [
  38 +.B -i
  39 +interval
  40 +]
  41 +[
  42  .B -n
  43  ]
  44  [
  45 @@ -153,6 +167,15 @@
  46  configuration file or on the command line, and will ignore all other
  47  interfaces.
  48  .PP
  49 +The
  50 +.B -D
  51 +flag causes
  52 +.B dhclient
  53 +to save the script it creates for use in conjunction with
  54 +.B dhclient-script
  55 +in
  56 +.IR /tmp.
  57 +.PP
  58  If the DHCP client should listen and transmit on a port other than the
  59  standard (port 68), the
  60  .B -p
  61 @@ -176,6 +199,12 @@
  62  flag, followed by the IP address to send.   This is only useful for testing,
  63  and should not be expected to work in any consistent or useful way.
  64  .PP
  65 +On FreeBSD, dhclient can be enabled to automatically handle the
  66 +link status of the network card. Normally polling is done every
  67 +five seconds. The polling interval can be set using the
  68 +.B -i
  69 +flag, followed by the numbers of seconds. Minimum is one second.
  70 +.PP
  71  The DHCP client will normally run in the foreground until it has
  72  configured an interface, and then will revert to running in the
  73  background.   To run force dhclient to always run as a foreground
  74 @@ -193,6 +222,10 @@
  75  .B -q
  76  flag prevents any messages other than errors from being printed to the
  77  standard error descriptor.
  78 +.B -v
  79 +flag turns on all messages.
  80 +Opposite of
  81 +.B -q .
  82  .PP
  83  The client normally doesn't release the current lease as it is not
  84  required by the DHCP protocol.  Some cable ISPs require their clients
  85 @@ -235,7 +268,7 @@
  86  .B -w
  87  flag can be used to cause the client not to exit when it doesn't find
  88  any such interfaces.   The
  89 -.B omshell (8)
  90 +.B omshell (1)
  91  program can then be used to notify the client when a network interface
  92  has been added or removed, so that the client can attempt to configure an IP
  93  address on that interface.