Add --dhcp-hostsdir config option.v2.73test6v2.73test5inotify

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/man/dnsmasq.8 b/man/dnsmasq.8
index 5cfa355..005b5cc 100644
--- a/man/dnsmasq.8
+++ b/man/dnsmasq.8
@@ -977,6 +977,15 @@ is given, then read all the files contained in that directory. The advantage of
 using this option is the same as for --dhcp-hostsfile: the
 dhcp-optsfile will be re-read when dnsmasq receives SIGHUP. Note that
 it is possible to encode the information in a
+.TP
+.B --dhcp-hostsdir=<path>
+This is exactly equivalent to dhcp-hostfile, except for the following. The path MUST be a
+directory, and not an individual file. Changed or new files within
+the directory are read automatically, without the need to send SIGHUP.
+If a file is deleted for changed after it has been read by dnsmasq, then the
+host record it contained will remain until dnsmasq recieves a SIGHUP, or 
+is restarted; ie host records are only added dynamically.
+.TP
 .B --dhcp-boot
 flag as DHCP options, using the options names bootfile-name,
 server-ip-address and tftp-server. This allows these to be included