netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip: Simplify executing ip cmd within namespace

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Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:02:37 +0200
From:	vadim4j@...il.com
To:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Cc:	vadim4j@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip: Simplify executing ip cmd within namespace

On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 01:50:17PM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> Le 11/12/2014 11:57, vadim4j@...il.com a écrit :
> >On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 11:58:21AM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> >>Le 10/12/2014 23:56, Vadim Kochan a écrit :
> >>>From: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@...il.com>
> >>>
> >>>Added new '-ns' option to simplify executing following cmd:
> >>>
> >>>     ip netns exec NETNS ip OPTIONS COMMAND OBJECT
> >>>
> >>>     to
> >>>
> >>>     ip -ns NETNS OPTIONS COMMAND OBJECT
> >>>
> >>>e.g.:
> >>>
> >>>     ip -ns vnet0 link add br0 type bridge
> >>>
> >>>Signed-off-by: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@...il.com>
> >>>---
> >>>May be new option should have better name than '-ns' ?
> >>What about 'ip -netns' to be explicit like other options?
> >>user may still use 'ip -n' at the end.
> >>
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>Nicolas
> >
> >May be left '-n' for some other future option, but use the following
> Options parsing in iproute2 will match -netns when typing -n because there
> is no other options that begin with a 'n' (I've done a quick look, maybe I've
> missed one).
> Like -d which matches -details, etc.
> 
> >options: -net[ns] and -ns ? What do you think ?
> One option is enough. '-netns' is an explicit reference to 'ip netns'.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Nicolas

OK, I agree.
I will re-work and resend v2.

Thanks,
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