. ns
. IP "\\$1"
..
-.TH ovs\-appctl 8 "November 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
+.TH ovs\-appctl 8 "@VERSION@" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
.ds PN ovs\-appctl
.
.SH NAME
replaced by the process ID read from the pidfile, and uses that file
as if it had been specified directly as the target.
.IP
+On Windows, \fItarget\fR can be an absolute path to a file that contains
+a localhost TCP port on which an Open vSwitch daemon is listening
+for control channel connections. By default, each daemon writes the
+TCP port on which it is listening for control connection into the file
+\fIprogram\fB.ctl\fR located inside the configured \fIOVS_RUNDIR\fR
+directory. If \fItarget\fR is not an absolute path, \fBovs\-appctl\fR
+looks for a file named \fItarget\fB.ctl\fR in the configured \fIOVS_RUNDIR\fR
+directory.
+.IP
The default target is \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR.
.
.SH COMMON COMMANDS
\fBsyslog\fR, \fBconsole\fR, or \fBfile\fR, to limit the log level
change to only to the system log, to the console, or to a file,
respectively.
+.IP
+On Windows platform, \fBsyslog\fR is accepted as a word and
+is only useful if the \fItarget\fR was started with the
+\fB\-\-syslog\-target\fR option (the word has no effect otherwise).
.
.IP \(bu
\fBoff\fR, \fBemer\fR, \fBerr\fR, \fBwarn\fR, \fBinfo\fR, or
.IP \fB%A\fR
The name of the application logging the message, e.g. \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR.
.
+.IP \fB%B\fR
+The RFC5424 syslog PRI of the message.
+.
.IP \fB%c\fR
The name of the module (as shown by \fBovs\-appctl \-\-list\fR) logging
the message.
.IP \fB%d{\fIformat\fB}\fR
The current date and time in the specified \fIformat\fR, which takes
the same format as the \fItemplate\fR argument to \fBstrftime\fR(3).
+As an extension, any \fB#\fR characters in \fIformat\fR will be
+replaced by fractional seconds, e.g. use \fB%H:%M:%S.###\fR for the
+time to the nearest millisecond. Sub-second times are only
+approximate and currently decimal places after the third will always
+be reported as zero.
.
.IP \fB%D\fR
The current UTC date and time in ISO 8601 format (YYYY\-MM\-DD HH:MM:SS).
.
.IP \fB%D{\fIformat\fB}\fR
-The current UTC date and time in the specified \fIformat\fR, which takes
-the same format as the \fItemplate\fR argument to \fBstrftime\fR(3).
+The current UTC date and time in the specified \fIformat\fR, which
+takes the same format as the \fItemplate\fR argument to
+\fBstrftime\fR(3). Supports the same extension for sub-second
+resolution as \fB%d{\fR...\fB}\fR.
+.
+.IP \fB%E\fR
+The hostname of the node running the application.
.
.IP \fB%m\fR
The message being logged.