--- client/dhclient.8.orig Mon May 1 19:11:36 2000 +++ client/dhclient.8 Fri Jan 26 05:12:37 2001 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .B -q ] [ -.B -c +.B -1 ] [ .B -lf @@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ .I config-file ] [ +.B -sf +.I script-file +] +[ .B -s server ] @@ -174,17 +178,25 @@ flag prevents any messages other than errors from being printed to the standard error descriptor. .PP +The +.B -1 +flag cause dhclient to try once to get a lease. If it fails, dhclient exits +with exit code two. +.PP The DHCP client normally gets its configuration information from .B ETCDIR/dhclient.conf, its lease database from -.B DBDIR/dhclient.leases -and stores its process ID in a file called +.B DBDIR/dhclient.leases, +stores its process ID in a file called .B RUNDIR/dhclient.pid. +and configure the network interface using +.B CLIENTBINDIR/dhclient-script. To specify different names and/or locations for these files, use the .B -cf, -.B -lf -and +.B -lf, .B -pf +and +.B -sf flags, respectively, followed by the name of the file. This can be particularly useful if, for example, .B DBDIR @@ -206,10 +218,12 @@ .SH CONFIGURATION The syntax of the dhclient.conf(8) file is discussed seperately. .SH FILES +.B CLIENTBINDIR/dhclient-script, .B ETCDIR/dhclient.conf, DBDIR/dhclient.leases, RUNDIR/dhclient.pid, -.B DBDIR/dhclient.leases~. +.B DBDIR/dhclient.leases. .SH SEE ALSO -dhcpd(8), dhcrelay(8), dhclient.conf(5), dhclient.leases(5) +dhcpd(8), dhcrelay(8), dhclient-script(8), dhclient.conf(5) and +dhclient.leases(5). .SH AUTHOR .B dhclient(8) has been written for the Internet Software Consortium