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authorBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2009-12-16 13:58:33 -0800
committerBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2009-12-16 13:58:33 -0800
commit722f63016f302da114e3afb145bd0c1af5aaeb8f (patch)
treea988962f504a34f1e97f034bd97bd9ecbdd11385 /ovsdb/ovsdb-tool.1.in
parent6c1b89ed0e6b9934d63ae4d71ba885bfcb87891a (diff)
downloadopenvswitch-722f63016f302da114e3afb145bd0c1af5aaeb8f.tar.gz
ovsdb-tool: Add "show-log" command for use in debugging.
Diffstat (limited to 'ovsdb/ovsdb-tool.1.in')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ovsdb/ovsdb-tool.1.in b/ovsdb/ovsdb-tool.1.in
index 567131039..b96bdd738 100644
--- a/ovsdb/ovsdb-tool.1.in
+++ b/ovsdb/ovsdb-tool.1.in
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ ovsdb\-tool \- Open vSwitch database management utility
.br
\fBovsdb\-tool \fR[\fIoptions\fR] \fBtransact\fI db transaction\fR
.br
+\fBovsdb\-tool \fR[\fIoptions\fR] \fBshow\-log\fI db\fR
+.br
\fBovsdb\-tool help\fR
.so lib/vlog-syn.man
.so lib/common-syn.man
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ safely run concurrently with other database activity, including
may specify database modifications, but these will have no effect on
\fIdb\fR.
.
-.IQ "\fBtransact\fI db transaction\fR"
+.IP "\fBtransact\fI db transaction\fR"
Opens \fIdb\fR, executes \fItransaction\fR on it, prints the results,
and commits any changes to \fIdb\fR. The \fItransaction\fR must be a
JSON array in the format of the \fBparams\fR array for the JSON-RPC
@@ -62,6 +64,11 @@ process, including \fBovsdb-server\fR(1). Use \fBovsdb\-client\fR(1),
instead, to write to a database that is served by
\fBovsdb-server\fR(1).
.
+.IP "\fBshow-log\fI db\fR"
+Prints a summary of the records in \fBdb\fR's log, including the time
+and date at which each database change occurred and any associated
+comment. This may be useful for debugging.
+.
.SH OPTIONS
.SS "Logging Options"
.so lib/vlog.man