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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 |