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Date:      Sat, 25 May 2002 08:50:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/38533: 'ifconfig ifname down delete' does not deletes aliases
Message-ID:  <200205251550.g4PFo3p01152@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/38533; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.pp.ru>
Cc: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@www.svzserv.kemerovo.su>,
	bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: bin/38533: 'ifconfig ifname down delete' does not deletes aliases
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 18:40:56 +0300

 On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 11:28:09PM +0800, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
 > Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
 > > 
 > > On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 03:10:18PM +0800, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
 > > >
 > > > I have an interface with primary and aliased addresses
 > > > and try to clear them all and take interface down.
 > > > So I type
 > > >
 > > >       ifconfig fxp0 down delete
 > > >
 > > > And I see that primary address (with correct netmask) is removed
 > > > but alias (with netmask 255.255.255.255) is still here.
 > > >
 > > It would be very sad if it did.
 > > 
 > > `delete' is just another alias for `-alias'.  It deletes the address
 > > specified, or the first address (in this family) if no address was
 > > specified, of the interface.
 > > 
 > > This PR can be closed.
 > 
 > Then it should preserve original netmask, I guess.
 > 
 Umm, preserve the original netmask of _what_?
 
 > Well, if 'ifconfig down delete' doesn't deletes all interfaces' IP,
 > if there an easy way to perform this task?
 > If not, I think this command is good candidate.
 > 
 ifconfig rl0 inet | tail +2 | xargs -n1 ifconfig rl0 delete
 
 
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