ip link can set parameters both via the 'set' and 'change' keyword.
In fact, 'change' is an alias for 'set'.
Document this in the help and manpage.
Fixes: 1d93483985f0 ("iplink: use netlink for link configuration")
Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcr...@redhat.com>
---
ip/iplink.c | 4 ++--
man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ip/iplink.c b/ip/iplink.c
index 212a0885..be237c93 100644
--- a/ip/iplink.c
+++ b/ip/iplink.c
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ void iplink_usage(void)
"\n"
" ip link delete { DEVICE | dev DEVICE | group
DEVGROUP } type TYPE [ ARGS ]\n"
"\n"
- " ip link set { DEVICE | dev DEVICE | group
DEVGROUP }\n"
+ " ip link { set | change } { DEVICE | dev DEVICE
| group DEVGROUP }\n"
" [ { up | down } ]\n"
" [ type TYPE ARGS ]\n");
} else
fprintf(stderr,
- "Usage: ip link set DEVICE [ { up | down } ]\n");
+ "Usage: ip link { set | change } DEVICE [ { up | down }
]\n");
fprintf(stderr,
" [ arp { on | off } ]\n"
diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
index 883d8807..d4be1a0e 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
@@ -1802,7 +1802,8 @@ deleted since it is the default group.
.BI type " TYPE "
specifies the type of the device.
-.SS ip link set - change device attributes
+.SS ip link set
+.SS ip link change - change device attributes
.PP
.B Warning:
@@ -1815,6 +1816,10 @@ can move the system to an unpredictable state. The
solution
is to avoid changing several parameters with one
.B ip link set
call.
+.B set
+and
+.B change
+are synonyms and have identical syntax and behavior.
.TP
.BI dev " DEVICE "
--
2.21.0
