Subject: Re: [RFC] iproute2: split up ip man page?

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:37:23 -0800

On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 13:15:14 -0800
Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]> wrote:

> The current ip man page is both incomplete and so big that
> the actual functions get lost easily.
> 
> I propose splitting the the pages for the subfunction
> into sub pages. The man command appears
> to be smart enough to handle:
>   man tc htb
> 
> and pickup the manpage for /usr/share/man/man1/tc-htb.8.gz
> Why not do the same thing for ip command?
> 
> The base ip page would just be a place holder that covered the
> generic arguments.
> 
> 
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Ok, the ip man page is now broken up. I tried to fix some of the
incorrect grammar and usage as well. The pages still need editing for
readability.

Added a few examples as well.

Please download from the git repository and send me any comments
or changes.

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git