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6 reload network interface configuration
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9 :Author: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>
11 :Copyright: Copyright 2014 Cumulus Networks, Inc. All rights reserved.
17 ifreload [-h] [-a] [-v] [-d] [-f] [-n]
21 reloads network **interfaces(5)** file **/etc/network/interfaces**.
23 Runs **ifdown** on interfaces that changed in the interfaces file and
24 subsequently runs **ifup** on all interfaces.
26 **ifreload** is equivalent to **ifdown -a** followed by **ifup -a**
27 but it skips **ifdown** for interfaces that did not change in the config
33 -h, --help show this help message and exit
35 -a, --all process all interfaces marked "auto"
39 -d, --debug output debug info
41 -f, --force force run all operations
45 # reload all auto interfaces in **interfaces(5)** file
49 # reload all interfaces using service command
51 **service networking reload**
59 ifupdown-addons-interfaces(5)