From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Mark Einon <mark.einon@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 2/2] ip: Harmonise usage references to show / list option
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:53:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150324145315.754c6ff3@urahara> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1426499950-6641-2-git-send-email-mark.einon@gmail.com>
On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:59:10 +0000
Mark Einon <mark.einon@gmail.com> wrote:
> diff --git a/ip/iproute.c b/ip/iproute.c
> index c842e85..b863e7b 100644
> --- a/ip/iproute.c
> +++ b/ip/iproute.c
> @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static void usage(void) __attribute__((noreturn));
>
> static void usage(void)
> {
> - fprintf(stderr, "Usage: ip route { list | flush } SELECTOR\n");
Sorry, this sounds like a good idea until I went and checked what
is shown on the man pages.
The ip route man page has:
ip route { list | flush } SELECTOR
For me, it is more important that the usage match the man page,
rather than having all usage messages match.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-24 21:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-16 9:59 [PATCH iproute2 1/2] ip: Make uniform the use of synonyms list, show and lst Mark Einon
2015-03-16 9:59 ` [PATCH iproute2 2/2] ip: Harmonise usage references to show / list option Mark Einon
2015-03-24 21:53 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2015-03-25 9:26 ` Mark Einon
2015-03-24 21:49 ` [PATCH iproute2 1/2] ip: Make uniform the use of synonyms list, show and lst Stephen Hemminger
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