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diff --git a/lib/vlog.man b/lib/vlog.man new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0bd8a26e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/vlog.man @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +.TP +\fB-v\fImodule\fR[\fB:\fIfacility\fR[\fB:\fIlevel\fR]], \fB--verbose=\fImodule\fR[\fB:\fIfacility\fR[\fB:\fIlevel\fR]] + +Sets the logging level for \fImodule\fR in \fIfacility\fR to +\fIlevel\fR: + +.RS +.IP \(bu +\fImodule\fR may be any valid module name (as displayed by the +\fB--list\fR action on \fBovs-appctl\fR(8)), or the special name +\fBANY\fR to set the logging levels for all modules. + +.IP \(bu +\fIfacility\fR may be \fBsyslog\fR, \fBconsole\fR, or \fBfile\fR to +set the levels for logging to the system log, the console, or a file +respectively, or \fBANY\fR to set the logging levels for both +facilities. If it is omitted, \fIfacility\fR defaults to \fBANY\fR. + +Regardless of the log levels set for \fBfile\fR, logging to a file +will not take place unless \fB--log-file\fR is also specified (see +below). + +.IP \(bu +\fIlevel\fR must be one of \fBemer\fR, \fBerr\fR, \fBwarn\fR, +\fBinfo\fR, or +\fBdbg\fR, designating the minimum severity of a message for it to be +logged. If it is omitted, \fIlevel\fR defaults to \fBdbg\fR. +.RE + +.TP +\fB-v\fR, \fB--verbose\fR +Sets the maximum logging verbosity level, equivalent to +\fB--verbose=ANY:ANY:dbg\fR. + +.TP +\fB-vPATTERN:\fIfacility\fB:\fIpattern\fR, \fB--verbose=PATTERN:\fIfacility\fB:\fIpattern\fR +Sets the log pattern for \fIfacility\fR to \fIpattern\fR. Refer to +\fBovs-appctl\fR(8) for a description of the valid syntax for \fIpattern\fR. + +.TP +\fB--log-file\fR[\fB=\fIfile\fR] +Enables logging to a file. If \fIfile\fR is specified, then it is +used as the exact name for the log file. The default log file name +used if \fIfile\fR is omitted is \fB@LOGDIR@/\*(PN.log\fR. |