From: Roy Marples Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 09:28:10 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Extend dhcpcd manual page to reflect actual behavior. X-Git-Tag: v6.1.0~41 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0c1c7ded743d0b5afe7e2ceec744b7f9e3370545;p=thirdparty%2Fdhcpcd.git Extend dhcpcd manual page to reflect actual behavior. Thanks to Ondrej Grover. --- diff --git a/dhcpcd.8.in b/dhcpcd.8.in index cca05103..d229296d 100644 --- a/dhcpcd.8.in +++ b/dhcpcd.8.in @@ -299,13 +299,18 @@ For example If not set then none is sent. Some badly configured DHCP servers reject unknown vendorclassids. To work around it, try and impersonate Windows by using the MSFT vendorclassid. -.It Fl k , Fl Fl release +.It Fl k , Fl Fl release Op Ar interface This causes an existing .Nm process running on the .Ar interface -to release its lease, de-configure the +to release its lease and de-configure the +.Ar interface . +If no .Ar interface +is specified, the existing +.Nm +process will be instructed to release and de-configure all interfaces and then exit. .Nm then waits until this process has exited. @@ -322,10 +327,14 @@ Metrics are used to prefer an interface over another one, lowest wins. will supply a default metic of 200 + .Xr if_nametoindex 3 . An extra 100 will be added for wireless interfaces. -.It Fl n , Fl Fl rebind +.It Fl n , Fl Fl rebind Op Ar interface Notifies .Nm -to reload its configuration and rebind its interfaces. +to reload its configuration and rebind the specified +.Ar interface . +If no interface is specified, notifies +.Nm +to reload its configuration and rebind all its interfaces. If .Nm is not running, then it starts up as normal.