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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/etc/netstart,v
retrieving revision 1.48
retrieving revision 1.49
diff -c -r1.48 -r1.49
*** src/etc/netstart	1999/03/29 22:09:58	1.48
--- src/etc/netstart	1999/08/09 21:49:04	1.49
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*** 1,6 ****
  #!/bin/sh -
  #
! #	$OpenBSD: netstart,v 1.48 1999/03/29 22:09:58 niklas Exp $
  
  # Returns true if $1 contains only alphanumerics
  isalphanumeric() {
--- 1,6 ----
  #!/bin/sh -
  #
! #	$OpenBSD: netstart,v 1.49 1999/08/09 21:49:04 angelos Exp $
  
  # Returns true if $1 contains only alphanumerics
  isalphanumeric() {
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*** 90,95 ****
--- 90,101 ----
      # configuring backup or temp files, and to catch the "*" case.
      if ! isalphanumeric "$if"; then
          continue
+     fi
+ 
+     # If the interface does not exist, just skip processing the file
+     /sbin/ifconfig $if > /dev/null 2>&1
+     if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+ 	continue
      fi
  
      # Now parse the hostname.* file