DHCPCD-ONLINE(8)

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version 0.7.9 · 2 versions
, in alpine 3.24, debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 DHCPCD-ONLINE — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is dhcpcd-online, a little utility from the dhcpcd fam (it's the dhcpcd(8) squad, iykyk) whose whole entire job is answering one question: is dhcpcd connected yet or not 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dhcpcd-online [-q] [-t timeout] [-x]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So here's the vibe: dhcpcd-online connects to dhcpcd(8) and just… waits. For a maximum of timeout seconds, bestie, no more, until the status flips to connected. That's it. That's the whole personality. 💅

And why do we even need this? Because this tool is literally made for the startup of the host system, where dhcpcd(8) gets launched in parallel with all the other services that are like "hello I need a network connection to exist, actually" 😭 So instead of everyone panicking at once, they can just check in with dhcpcd-online first.

The flags, in order, slay:

  • -q — suppresses the reporting of non error messages. Quiet queen behaviour 🤫
  • -t timeout — sets the number of seconds dhcpcd-online waits for dhcpcd(8) to reach the connected state. If you don't specify it, the default value of 30 is used. thirty seconds of patience, iconic ⏳
  • -x — exits immediately if dhcpcd(8) is not running. no waiting around for someone who didn't show up 💀

👑 NOTES 👑

real talk: dhcpcd(8) needs to be running in Master mode for dhcpcd-online to work. no master mode, no magic ✨

🎀 AUTHORS 🎀

Roy Marples <roy@marples.name> — the actual main character, we stan 🫶

💀 BUGS 💀

Please report them to http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd-ui — not me, not the group chat, the website, fr fr 🙈

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one shipped from Debian and it's dated April 4, 2023 — go be connected, you got this 💜🌈⭐

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