[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> But for the dladm subcommands, <link> is always last (if present at
> all), so this seems to be consistent and easy to remember/deal with.
> My zfs get example seems to demonstrate that this may work well.
I worry a bit about the multiple-property case -- e.g.:
$ dladm show-prop power-mode,radio ath0
... feels more comfortable to me *with* the leading "-p":
$ dladm show-prop -p power-mode,radio ath0
However, I do agree with your overall point. Does anyone else have any
strong opinions on this topic? If so, please speak up :-)
To me, requiring the -p allows the syntax to more easily evolve in the
future. There's no ambiguity about what properties (if any) are
contained on the command-line. It allows for a future syntax where no
properties are given on the command-line without ambiguity about whether
a link-name is a property, or vice versa, where the lack of a link-name
leaves no ambiguity about whether a given property could be a link name.
Besides, CLIP is fairly clear about this (see section 5.1 of the CLIP
companion PSARC/2006/062). My apologies to those external to Sun, I
don't know of a publicly available version of the CLIP companion
document. For those inside Sun, see:
http://sac.sfbay.sun.com/PSARC/2006/062/clip-companion-latest/clip.html
-Seb
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