Tweak ifup/ifdown usage and man page to more clearly state that they refer to configurations, not devices.

3 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/ifup.8 b/src/ifup.8
index 3a492cd0..1cf1fcd8 100644
--- a/src/ifup.8
+++ b/src/ifup.8
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ ifup - bring a network interface up
 
 ifdown - take a network interface down
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B ifup IFACE [boot]
+.B ifup CONFIG [boot]
  
-.B ifdown IFACE
+.B ifdown CONFIG
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
diff --git a/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown b/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown
index b78e9438..65608ee2 100755
--- a/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown
+++ b/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
 CONFIG=$1
 
 [ -z "$CONFIG" ] && {
-    echo $"usage: ifdown <device name>" >&2
+    echo $"usage: ifdown <configuration>" >&2
     exit 1
 }
 
 need_config "${CONFIG}"
 
 [ -f "$CONFIG" ] || {
-    echo $"usage: ifdown <device name>" >&2
+    echo $"usage: ifdown <configuration>" >&2
     exit 1
 }
 
diff --git a/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup b/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup
index 3582d04e..d16eca68 100755
--- a/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup
+++ b/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
 CONFIG=${1}
 
 [ -z "${CONFIG}" ] && {
-    echo $"Usage: ifup <device name>" >&2
+    echo $"Usage: ifup <configuration>" >&2
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ need_config "${CONFIG}"
 
 [ -f "${CONFIG}" ] || {
     echo $"$0: configuration for ${1} not found." >&2
-    echo $"Usage: ifup <device name>" >&2
+    echo $"Usage: ifup <configuration>" >&2
     exit 1
 }