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diff --git a/distro/common/man/man8/chef-solo.8 b/distro/common/man/man8/chef-solo.8 index 96225627a1..54c10b8caf 100644 --- a/distro/common/man/man8/chef-solo.8 +++ b/distro/common/man/man8/chef-solo.8 @@ -74,7 +74,13 @@ The name of the environment. Indicates that a chef\-client run will be contained in a secondary process with dedicated RAM. When the chef\-client run is complete the RAM will be returned to the master process. This option helps ensure that a chef\-client will use a steady amount of RAM over time because the master process will not run recipes. This option will also help prevent memory leaks (such as those that can be introduced by the code contained within a poorly designed cookbook). Use \fB\-\-no\-fork\fP to disable running the chef\-client in fork node. Default value: \fB\-\-fork\fP. .TP .B \fB\-F FORMAT\fP, \fB\-\-format FORMAT\fP -The output format: \fBdoc\fP (default) or \fBmin\fP. Other formatting options are available by using 3rd party formatters. +The output format: \fBdoc\fP (default) or \fBmin\fP. +.sp +Use \fBdoc\fP to print the progress of the chef\-client run using full strings that display a summary of updates as they occur. +.sp +Use \fBmin\fP to print the progress of the chef\-client run using single characters. A summary of updates is printed at the end of the chef\-client run. A dot (\fB.\fP) is printed for events that do not have meaningful status information, such as loading a file or synchronizing a cookbook. For resources, a dot (\fB.\fP) is printed when the resource is up to date, an \fBS\fP is printed when the resource is skipped by \fBnot_if\fP or \fBonly_if\fP, and a \fBU\fP is printed when the resource is updated. +.sp +Other formatting options are available when those formatters are configured in the client.rb file using the \fBadd_formatter\fP option. .TP .B \fB\-\-force\-formatter\fP Indicates that formatter output will be used instead of logger output. @@ -92,16 +98,16 @@ Shows help for the command. The frequency (in seconds) at which the chef\-client runs. .TP .B \fB\-j PATH\fP, \fB\-\-json\-attributes PATH\fP -The path to a file that contains JSON data. Use this option to override attributes that are set from other locations, such as from within a cookbook or by a role. +The path to a file that contains JSON data. Use this option to override \fBnormal\fP attributes set elsewhere. .TP .B \fB\-l LEVEL\fP, \fB\-\-log_level LEVEL\fP -The level of logging that will be stored in a log file: \fBdebug\fP, \fBinfo\fP, \fBwarn\fP, \fBerror\fP, or \fBfatal\fP. +The level of logging that will be stored in a log file. .TP .B \fB\-L LOGLOCATION\fP, \fB\-\-logfile c\fP The location in which log file output files will be saved. If this location is set to something other than \fBSTDOUT\fP, standard output logging will still be performed (otherwise there would be no output other than to a file). This is recommended when starting any executable as a daemon. .TP .B \fB\-\-[no\-]color\fP -Indicates that color will not be used in the output. Default setting: \fB\-\-color\fP. +Indicates whether colored output will be used. Default setting: \fB\-\-color\fP. .TP .B \fB\-N NODE_NAME\fP, \fB\-\-node\-name NODE_NAME\fP The name of the node. @@ -156,6 +162,6 @@ $ chef\-solo \-c ~/solo.rb \-j http://www.example.com/node.json \-r http://www.e .sp where \fB\-r\fP corresponds to \fBrecipe_url\fP and \fB\-j\fP corresponds to \fBjson_attribs\fP, both of which are configuration options in solo.rb. .SH AUTHOR -Opscode +Chef .\" Generated by docutils manpage writer. . |