Re: Help with the /etc/init.d/network

[Ethan Benson]

On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 01:38:19PM +1000, Matthew Dalton wrote:
> 
> 
> "A. Scott White" wrote:
> > 
> > Can anyone tell me exactly what this line accomplishes:
> > 
> > [ "${GATEWAY}" ] && route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1
> 
> if the $GATEWAY variable has been set, run the command 'route add
> default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1.
> 
> The [ and ] are synonyms for the 'test' program. In this case, if
> $GATEWAY is set, test returns 1, otherwise it returns 0. The return

you got that backwords, when $GATEWAY is set `test' returns 0 not 1.

0 == success
1 == failure

to the original poster, reply & change subject != new message 

the former screws up threading in mailing list archives and in MUAs
such as mutt.  please always create a new message and paste the list
address in instead of using reply as a shortcut, or if you post often
create an alias/address book entry for the list address.  thank you.

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Ethan Benson
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