ovs-vsctl: Add -t or --timeout option to limit runtime.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / utilities / ovs-vsctl.8.in

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
index 1ea80b7..0515760 100644 (file)
--- a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ Prints a blank line for each command that has no output.
 .IP "\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR"
 Prevents \fBovs\-vsctl\fR from actually modifying the database.
 .
+.IP "\fB-t \fIsecs\fR"
+.IQ "\fB--timeout=\fIsecs\fR"
+Limits runtime to approximately \fIsecs\fR seconds.  If the timeout
+expires, \fBovs\-vsctl\fR will exit with a \fBSIGALRM\fR signal.
+(This would normally happen only if the database cannot be contacted.)
+.
 .so lib/vlog.man
 .
 .SH COMMANDS