in-band: Support an arbitrary number of controllers.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / ovsdb / ovsdb-client.1.in

diff --git a/ovsdb/ovsdb-client.1.in b/ovsdb/ovsdb-client.1.in
index 64a0811..7607157 100644 (file)
--- a/ovsdb/ovsdb-client.1.in
+++ b/ovsdb/ovsdb-client.1.in
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ ovsdb\-client \- command-line interface to \fBovsdb-server\fR(1)
 .br
 \fBovsdb\-client \fR[\fIoptions\fR] \fBtransact\fI server transaction\fR
 .br
+\fBovsdb\-client \fR[\fIoptions\fR] \fBdump\fI server database\fR
+.br
 \fBovsdb\-client \fR[\fIoptions\fR] \fBmonitor\fI server database table\fR
 [\fIcolumn\fR[\fB,\fIcolumn\fR]...]
 [\fIselect\fR[\fB,\fIselect\fR]...]
@@ -29,7 +31,6 @@ ovsdb\-client \- command-line interface to \fBovsdb-server\fR(1)
 \fBovsdb\-client help\fR
 .IP "Output formatting options:"
 [\fB--format=\fIformat\fR]
-[\fB--wide\fR]
 [\fB--no-heading\fR]
 .so lib/daemon-syn.man
 .so lib/vlog-syn.man
@@ -60,12 +61,12 @@ prints it in JSON format.
 .
 .IP "\fBlist-tables\fI server database\fR"
 Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves the schema for \fIdatabase\fR, and
-prints a table listing the names and comments (if any) on each table
+prints a table listing the name of each table
 within the database.
 .
 .IP "\fBlist-columns\fI server database \fR[\fItable\fR]"
 Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves the schema for \fIdatabase\fR, and
-prints a table listing the names, type, and comment (if any) on each
+prints a table listing the name and type of each
 column.  If \fItable\fR is specified, only columns in that table are
 listed; otherwise, the tables include columns in all tables.
 .
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ Connects to \fIserver\fR, sends it the specified \fItransaction\fR,
 which must be a JSON array containing one or more valid OVSDB
 operations, and prints the received reply on stdout.
 .
+.IP "\fBdump\fI server database\fR"
+Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves all of the data in \fIdatabase\fR,
+and prints it on stdout as a series of tables.
+.
 .IP "\fBmonitor\fI server database table\fR [\fIcolumn\fR[\fB,\fIcolumn\fR]...] [\fIselect\fR[\fB,\fIselect\fR]...]"
 Connects to \fIserver\fR and monitors the contents of \fItable\fR in
 \fIdatabase\fR.  By default, the initial contents of \fItable\fR are
@@ -101,7 +106,7 @@ The following options controlling output formatting:
 .
 .IP "\fB-f \fIformat\fR"
 .IQ "\fB--format=\fIformat\fR"
-Sets the basic type of output formatting.  The following types of
+Sets the type of table formatting.  The following types of
 \fIformat\fR are available:
 .RS
 .IP "\fBtable\fR (default)"
@@ -112,10 +117,16 @@ HTML tables.
 Comma-separated values as defined in RFC 4180.
 .RE
 .
-.IP "\fB--wide\fR"
-In \fBtable\fR output (the default), when standard output is a
-terminal device, by default lines are truncated at a width of 79
-characters.  Specifying this option prevents line truncation.
+.IP "\fB-d \fIformat\fR"
+.IP "\fB--data=\fIformat\fR"
+Sets the formatting for cells within output tables.  The following
+types of \fIformat\fR are available:
+.RS
+.IP "\fBstring\fR (default)"
+The simple format described in \fBovs-vsctl\fR(8).
+.IP "\fBjson\fR"
+JSON.
+.RE
 .
 .IP "\fB--no-heading\fR"
 This option suppresses the heading row that otherwise appears in the
@@ -136,6 +147,7 @@ other command, they have no effect.
 .so lib/daemon.man
 .SS "Logging Options"
 .so lib/vlog.man
+.SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options"
 .so lib/ssl.man
 .so lib/ssl-bootstrap.man
 .SS "Other Options"