On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 13:42:40 +0000 Alyssa Ross <h...@alyssa.is> wrote:
> If I do > > ip tuntap add name tap%d mode tap > > then a TAP device with a name like "tap0", "tap1", etc. will be created. > But there's no way for me to find out which name was chosen for the > device created by that command. Use a follow on ip link show or look in sysfs. > Perhaps ip should print the name of tuntap devices after they're > created? You can already do that with followon command, or use batch to put two commands together. > I'd be interested in sending a patch, but I'd need some guidance on how > exactly it should work. Would there be any harm in always printing it? > Should it be behind a flag? Or just when the name contains a `%'? Printing the result would make ip tuntap behave differently, which makes it unique (snowflakes are bad) and would break users scripts.
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