On Sun, 21.03.2010 at 20:28:32 +0100, Michael Tautschnig <mt@debian.org> wrote: > On a sidenote, you should rather use ip addr show instead of ifconfig. Why, please? I gather that "ip addr show" has much richer output and is easier to parse, but will this be available on non-Linux platforms, eg. kfreebsd-amd64? See eg. > http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=ip&mode=exactfilename&suite=unstable&arch=any Kind regards, --Toni++