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

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Date:	Wed,  6 May 2015 09:58:00 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemming@...cade.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] ip: document exit code

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.
+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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