netdev - Re: [PATCH] iplink: document 'change' option to ip link

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Message-ID: <CAGnkfhzT6qCUp1uge3tOF9wxHGZxmY=-pjiMg=JCpc6=0S2LUw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 27 Jul 2019 02:45:38 +0200
From:   Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iplink: document 'change' option to ip link

On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 12:00 AM Stephen Hemminger
<stephen@...workplumber.org> wrote:
>
> Add the command alias "change" to man page.
> Don't show it on usage, since it is not commonly used.
>
> Reported-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
> ---
>  man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> index 883d88077d66..a8ae72d2b097 100644
> --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
> @@ -1815,6 +1815,11 @@ can move the system to an unpredictable state. The solution
>  is to avoid changing several parameters with one
>  .B ip link set
>  call.
> +The modifier
> +.B change
> +is equivalent to
> +.BR "set" .
> +
>
>  .TP
>  .BI dev " DEVICE "
> --
> 2.20.1
>

Acked-by: Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>

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Matteo Croce
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