>}   > does this mean i can no longer safely run:
>}   > 	ifconfig `cat /etc/ifconfig.xxx`
>}   > ?  if so, that's a lose.
>}   Well, you couldn't always do so before either... my ifconfig.* files have
>}   two lines, one for IPv4, and one for IPv6.
>}ah, so we began losing with ipv6 i guess.  oh well, i'll just have to get
>}out of that habit :-(
>I have had aliases in mine, too.

	multiple lines support has been there before v6 came in, I believe...

itojun