netdev - [PATCH v2] iproute2: trivial fix of ip link syntax in manpage

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Date:	Mon, 21 May 2012 15:48:06 +0200
From:	Andreas Henriksson <andreas@...al.se>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	673171@...s.debian.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] iproute2: trivial fix of ip link syntax in manpage

Argh.... template files and generated files also shipped.
Make sure to edit them both to avoid losing the change.

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 01:58:50PM +0200, Andreas Henriksson wrote:
> Ivan Vilata i Balaguer <ivan@...idor.net> wrote:
> > Hi, I found that the description of the `ip link add` command in the manpage
> > is outdated regarding the compulsory `link DEVICE` option.  For instance, `ip
> > link help` says:
> >
> >     Usage: ip link add [link DEV] [ name ] NAME
> >     ...
> >
> > But the manpage still says:
> >
> >     ip link add link DEVICE [ name ] NAME
> >
> > (Trying to provide a `link` option e.g. under an LXC container can frustrate
> > the creation of dummy devices which don't need an actual device.)
> 
> The syntax of the "ip link help" output was fixed in commit
> "iproute2: Fix usage and man page for 'ip link'" (a22e92951d).
> This updates the manpage to mark "link DEVICE" as an optional
> argument there as well.
> 
> http://bugs.debian.org/673171
> 

Signed-off-by: Andreas Henriksson <andreas@...al.se>

diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8 b/man/man8/ip-link.8
index 72f4cfd..24d2ec7 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8
+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration
 \fB\-o\fR[\fIneline\fR] }
 
 .ti -8
-.BI "ip link add link " DEVICE
+.BI "ip link add"
+.RB "[ " link
+.IR DEVICE " ]"
 .RB "[ " name " ]"
 .I NAME
 .br
diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
index c4fa8c1..9386cc6 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration
 \fB\-o\fR[\fIneline\fR] }
 
 .ti -8
-.BI "ip link add link " DEVICE
+.BI "ip link add"
+.RB "[ " link
+.IR DEVICE " ]"
 .RB "[ " name " ]"
 .I NAME
 .br
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