netdev - Re: [iproute PATCH] Confirm success for each tc -batch command

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Message-ID: <20151103124621.06e37725@xeon-e3>
Date:	Tue, 3 Nov 2015 12:46:21 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemming@...cade.com>
To:	Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Petr Písař <ppisar@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [iproute PATCH] Confirm success for each tc -batch command

On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 13:09:56 +0100
Phil Sutter <phil@....cc> wrote:

> If `tc -force -batch' is fed by a controlling program from a pipe,
> it's not possible to recognize when a command has been processes
> successfully.
> 
> This patch adds an optional `-OK' option to the tc(8) tool, so `tc
> -force -OK -batch' will print "OK\n" to standard output on each
> successfully completed tc command.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Písař <ppisar@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>

Why use batch mode if you are feeding it from a pipe?
This seems like unnecessary feature creep.

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