The following patch allows the literal name '$hostname' to be used for
host name in the /etc/hostname.* files, and expands t to the value of
$hostname. Using $hostname in hostname files means one less thing to
change if the machine name changes or when seting up a new machine from
the configuration of an old one.


*** netstart.orig	Tue Dec 14 14:53:28 1993
--- netstart	Tue Dec 14 17:46:11 1993
***************
*** 66,71 ****
--- 66,73 ----
              if [ ! -n "$name" ]; then
                  echo "/etc/hostname.$1: invalid network configuration file"
                  exit
+             elif [ "$name" = "\$hostname" ]; then
+                 name=$hostname
              fi
  
  	    cmd="ifconfig $1 $af $name "



-- 
Ty Sarna                 "Oh, I don't know *everything*. I don't 
tsarna@endicor.com        even know how fish work." -- Joel, MST3K

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