From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Juncu Subject: [PATCH 0/1] Adding examples in ip man page on basic use of the ip command. Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:00:32 +0200 Message-ID: <4ECE31E0.3050403@ixiacom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: To: Return-path: Received: from 207.47.100.214.static.nextweb.net ([207.47.100.214]:55944 "EHLO ixqw-mail-out.ixiacom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752685Ab1KXMFl (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:05:41 -0500 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello! I believe that some people are scared by the size of the ip man page (1600 lines vs 180 of ifconfig) and don't use iproute2 because they can't figure out how to use it. A lot of man pages for other tools provide examples on how to use the tool with its basic features. So I am suggesting adding a couple of examples to the man page of iproute2 (ip command) in order to be more friendly for beginners. This is the first time I submit a patch (even if it is a very small one) and I hope I got the procedure right. -- Alexandru Juncu