+arglines = map(string.strip, sys.stdin.readlines())
+
+if len(arglines)<1:
+ print >>sys.stderr, "Insufficient argument lines."
+ sys.exit(1)
+
+vif = arglines[0] # interface name
+
+# Create options list
+if len(arglines)>1:
+ options = arglines[1:]
+else:
+ options = []
+
+opt_delete = False
+
+for optionline in options:
+ if len(optionline)==0: continue
+ try:
+ opt, val = optionline.split('=')
+ except:
+ print >>sys.stderr, "Bad option line: \"%s\"" % (optionline)
+ sys.exit(1)