netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/4] ip: document exit code

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Date:	Wed, 6 May 2015 20:16:25 +0300
From:	Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@...il.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Hemminger <shemming@...cade.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] ip: document exit code

Hi,

On Wed, May 06, 2015 at 09:58:00AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemming@...cade.com>
> 
> The ip command has always had a consistent exit status
> document it so that developers see it.
> ---
>  man/man8/ip.8 | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man8/ip.8 b/man/man8/ip.8
> index 43ddac9..9574a50 100644
> --- a/man/man8/ip.8
> +++ b/man/man8/ip.8
> @@ -275,6 +275,10 @@ Usually it is
>  or, if the objects of this class cannot be listed,
>  .BR "help" .
>  
> +.SH EXIT STATUS
> +Exit statsis is 0 if command was sucessful, and 1 if there is a syntax error.
statsis -> status ?                 sucessful -> successful ?

> +If an error was reported by the kernel exit status is 2.
> +
>  .SH HISTORY
>  .B ip
>  was written by Alexey N. Kuznetsov and added in Linux 2.2.
> -- 
> 2.1.4
> 
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