=head1 NAME

B<makedhcp> -Creates new dhcp configuration files and updates live dhcp configuration using omapi.
 
=head1 SYNOPSIS
 
I<makedhcp [h|--help]>

I<makedhcp [-n]>

I<makedhcp noderange [-s statements]>


=head1 DESCRIPTION

The makedhcp  command with the -n option will create a dhcpd.conf file to allow xCAT to manage the DHCP configuration, including certain general parameters such as a dynamic range and omapi configuration.  With a noderange, makedhcp will inject configuration data pertinent to the specified nodes that immediately takes effect without a reset.

=head1 OPTIONS



B<-h>          Display usage message.

B<-n>          Create a new dhcpd.conf file. 

B<-s>          For the input noderange, the argument will be interpreted like dhcpd.conf text. 



=head1 RETURN VALUE

0 The command completed successfully.

1 An error has occurred.

=head1 EXAMPLES

1. The following example, will cause dhcp on the next request to set root-path appropriately for only node5.  Note some characters (e.g. ") must be doubly escaped (once for the shell, and once for the OMAPI layer). 

I<makedhcp node5 -s 'option root-path  \"172.16.0.1:/install/freebsd6.2/x86_64\";'> 



=head1 FILES
 
/opt/xcat/bin/mkdhcp


=head1 NOTES

This command is part of the xCAT software product.