netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] misc/ifstat: ignore json

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Message-ID: <20230711133040.2fef3caf@hermes.local>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:30:40 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Chander Govindarajan <mail@...ndergovind.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] misc/ifstat: ignore json_output when run using
 "-d"

On Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:15:22 +0530
Chander Govindarajan <mail@...ndergovind.org> wrote:

> If ifstat is run with a command like:
> ifstat -d 5 -j
> 
> subsequent commands (with or without the "-j" flag) fail with:
> Aborted (core dumped)
> 
> Unsets json_ouput when using the "-d" flag. Also, since the "-d"
> daemon behaviour is not immediately obvious, add a 1 line
> description in the man page.
> 
> Signed-off-by: ChanderG <mail@...ndergovind.org>

Rather than avoiding the problem, why not have ifstat support json in daemon mode?