#!/bin/sh

# adds aliases of device $1

if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
	echo "usage: $0 <net-device>"
	exit 1
fi

if [ -x /bin/linuxconf ] ; then
    # ask linuxconf for lines like:
    # add	<device>	<ip>
    # del	<device>
    # reload	<number_of_aliases>
    linuxconf --hint ipalias $1 | while read verb arg1 arg2 ; do
	case $verb in
	  add)
		/sbin/ifconfig $arg1 $arg2
		/sbin/route add $arg2 $arg1
		;;
	  del)
		# the <device>- 0.0.0.0 tells the kernel to remove the device
		# it is necessary to remove it in order for reload to work.
		/sbin/ifconfig ${arg1}- 0.0.0.0
		;;
	  reload)
		echo $arg1 > /proc/sys/net/core/net_alias_max
		;;
	esac
    done

else
    # we don't have linuxconf to fall back on, so presumably we do
    # not have to parse linuxconf ipalias ranges, either.
    allow_null_glob_expansion=foo
    for alias in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$1:* ; do
	/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup $alias
    done
    unset allow_null_glob_expansion
fi