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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This example script retrieves the DHCP state of a given interface.
+# In the interest of keeping the KVP daemon code free of distro specific
+# information; the kvp daemon code invokes this external script to gather
+# DHCP setting for the specific interface.
+#
+# Input: Name of the interface
+#
+# Output: The script prints the string "Enabled" to stdout to indicate
+#	that DHCP is enabled on the interface. If DHCP is not enabled,
+#	the script prints the string "Disabled" to stdout.
+#
+# Each Distro is expected to implement this script in a distro specific
+# fashion. For instance on Distros that ship with Network Manager enabled,
+# this script can be based on the Network Manager APIs for retrieving DHCP
+# information.
+
+if_file="/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-"$1
+
+dhcp=$(grep "dhcp" $if_file 2>/dev/null)
+
+if [ "$dhcp" != "" ];
+then
+echo "Enabled"
+else
+echo "Disabled"
+fi