On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Darren Reed wrote:

> - ifconfig should be capable of setting netmasks without needing the
>   "inet" portion of the command line syntax present.

If you don't specify `inet,' how does it know which protocol you're
trying to set the netmask for?

cjs
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