netdev - [PATCH iproute2] Add information about COLORFGBG to ip.8 man page

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Date:   Fri, 15 Sep 2017 22:04:16 +0200
From:   Roland Hopferwieser <rhopfer@....jku.at>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH iproute2] Add information about COLORFGBG to ip.8 man page


diff --git a/man/man8/ip.8 b/man/man8/ip.8
index ae018fdf..2a27a56e 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip.8
+++ b/man/man8/ip.8
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ executes specified command over all objects, it 
depends if command supports this

  .TP
  .BR "\-c" , " -color"
-Use color output.
+Use color output. The color palette is affected by the COLORFGBG 
environment variable, which typically has the form "fg;bg".
+If "bg" is set to 0-6 or 8, the dark color palette is used.

  .TP
  .BR "\-t" , " \-timestamp"