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init.d/net.profile

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+#!/sbin/runscript
+# Copyright 1999-2002 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, v2 or later
+
+# This startup script uses hprofile to select the last known good network profile.
+
+depend() {
+	use hotplug pcmcia
+}
+
+start() {
+	# Use the previous profile; when the "stop" function below is run, the
+	# "current" profile is stopped and becomes the "previous" profile.
+	# Before we start it all again, run hprofile -p to find out what that
+	# was. That way, if we were using profile "home" last time, assume we
+	# want to keep using it.
+	
+	# Also note - if profile is empty, which will happen if there is no
+	# "previous" profile, hprofile will fall back on the default profile
+	
+	profile=$(/usr/sbin/hprofile -p net)
+	ebegin "Selecting network profile ${profile}"
+	/usr/sbin/hprofile "net.${profile}"
+	eend $?
+}
+
+# Do not stop the network profile - we want it to remain so that the next time we
+# boot, the previous network profile is still reported as the "current" one.
+
+stop() {
+	ebegin "Stopping network profile"
+	/usr/sbin/hprofile -s net
+	eend $?
+}
+
+
+# vim:ts=4