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Document the -w option.

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@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ dhclient - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
server
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.B -w
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.I if0
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.I ...ifN
@@ -188,6 +191,18 @@ particularly useful if, for example,
or
.B RUNDIR
has not yet been mounted when the DHCP client is started.
.PP
The DHCP client normally exits if it isn't able to identify any
network interfaces to configure. On laptop computers and other
computers with hot-swappable I/O buses, it is possible that a
broadcast interface may be added after system startup. The
.B -w
flag can be used to cause the client not to exit when it doesn't find
any such interfaces. The
.B dhcpccp (8)
program can then be used to notify the client when a network interface
has been added or removed, so that the client can configure an IP
address on that interface.
.SH CONFIGURATION
The syntax of the dhclient.conf(8) file is discussed seperately.
.SH FILES