ovsdb-client: Add "dump" command for dumping entire database contents.

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

diff --git a/ovsdb/ovsdb-client.1.in b/ovsdb/ovsdb-client.1.in
index b2d767f..87f5926 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]...]
@@ -73,6 +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