From owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Sun Sep 27 21:07:55 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F10B1A0B2F1 for ; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:07:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from allanjude@freebsd.org) Received: from mx1.scaleengine.net (mx1.scaleengine.net [209.51.186.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2DF8D18 for ; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:07:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from allanjude@freebsd.org) Received: from [78.65.188.161] (host-78-65-188-161.homerun.telia.com [78.65.188.161]) (Authenticated sender: allanjude.freebsd@scaleengine.com) by mx1.scaleengine.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 63A7DDBD8 for ; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:07:49 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <56085AA3.3080305@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:07:47 -0400 From: Allan Jude User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wpa_cli man page / missing command / patch ready, what's next? References: <1486717500.1683520.1443385072633.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1486717500.1683520.1443385072633.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:07:56 -0000 On 09/27/2015 16:17, Fehmi Noyan ISI via freebsd-doc wrote: > Hi, > I found sometime on Sunday to add some bits into the current man page of the wpi_cli(8). > > Changes I have done; > * Updated the SYNPOSIS section to reflect the command line options > * Added OPTIONS section for the description of each command line option (such as -v, -a, -G, -g, -B)* Added other supported commands into the COMMANDS sections. I used wpa_cli_commands[] structure contained in the /contrib/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli.c file as my reference while adding new commands (I excluded commands that need special compile time options) > > There is a .diff file I generated against the wpa_cli.8 found in the "head", but not sure about the next step? > > Shall I create a bug report and submit the diff accordingly? > Thanks in advance.... > > From: Fehmi Noyan ISI To: "freebsd-doc@freebsd.org" Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 3:45 PM Subject: wpa_cli man page / missing command > > Hi there, > > As I pointerd out in this forum thread, > > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/wpa_cli-man-page.53181/#post-298766 > > the manual page for wpa_cli(8) does not include the definition for the "ping" command. The functionality exists, and wpa_cli(8) responds the "ping" requests. > > /usr/src % wpa_cli ping > Selected interface 'wlan0' > PONG > > Same parameter/command is well documented in some wpa_cli ports found in several gnu/linux based OS'es. > > I acknowledge that wpa_cli -h | grep ping would yield the usage of ping argument, but I wonder why this is not included in the man page. > > Regards > Fehmi > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Yes, please create a PR and attach your diff to it. We'll try to get as many of these as we can committed during this weeks DevSummit. -- Allan Jude