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.Dd December 30, 1996
.Dt IFALIASES 5
.Os NetBSD 1.3
.Sh NAME
.Nm ifaliases
.Nd interface aliases file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
file specifies the addition addresses (aliases) that each interface will
have, including the netmask.
.Nm
is processed by
.Pa /etc/netstart
at system boot time.
.Pp
Each line of the file is of the form
.Pp
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent -compact
address interface netmask
.Ed
.Pp
The
.Em address
is a network address of the alias.  This must be a number or be in
/etc/hosts, as the nameserver is not running at this point.
.Pp
The
.Em interface
is the network interface the alias will be configured on.
.Pp
The
.Em netmask
is the netmask of the aliases network address.
.Sh FILES
.Pa /etc/netstart
.Pa /etc/ifaliases
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
file appeared in
.Nx 1.3 .