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--- client/dhclient.8.orig Mon May 1 19:11:36 2000
+++ client/dhclient.8 Fri Jan 26 05:12:37 2001
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
.B -q
]
[
-.B -c
+.B -1
]
[
.B -lf
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
.I config-file
]
[
+.B -sf
+.I script-file
+]
+[
.B -s
server
]
@@ -174,17 +178,25 @@
flag prevents any messages other than errors from being printed to the
standard error descriptor.
.PP
+The
+.B -1
+flag cause dhclient to try once to get a lease. If it fails, dhclient exits
+with exit code two.
+.PP
The DHCP client normally gets its configuration information from
.B ETCDIR/dhclient.conf,
its lease database from
-.B DBDIR/dhclient.leases
-and stores its process ID in a file called
+.B DBDIR/dhclient.leases,
+stores its process ID in a file called
.B RUNDIR/dhclient.pid.
+and configure the network interface using
+.B CLIENTBINDIR/dhclient-script.
To specify different names and/or locations for these files, use the
.B -cf,
-.B -lf
-and
+.B -lf,
.B -pf
+and
+.B -sf
flags, respectively, followed by the name of the file. This can be
particularly useful if, for example,
.B DBDIR
@@ -206,10 +218,12 @@
.SH CONFIGURATION
The syntax of the dhclient.conf(8) file is discussed seperately.
.SH FILES
+.B CLIENTBINDIR/dhclient-script,
.B ETCDIR/dhclient.conf, DBDIR/dhclient.leases, RUNDIR/dhclient.pid,
-.B DBDIR/dhclient.leases~.
+.B DBDIR/dhclient.leases.
.SH SEE ALSO
-dhcpd(8), dhcrelay(8), dhclient.conf(5), dhclient.leases(5)
+dhcpd(8), dhcrelay(8), dhclient-script(8), dhclient.conf(5) and
+dhclient.leases(5).
.SH AUTHOR
.B dhclient(8)
has been written for the Internet Software Consortium
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