unixctl: Add support for Windows.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / lib / unixctl.man

diff --git a/lib/unixctl.man b/lib/unixctl.man
index a154086..b681c7d 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/unixctl.man
+++ b/lib/unixctl.man
@@ -6,5 +6,12 @@ interpreted as relative to \fB@RUNDIR@\fR.  If \fB\-\-unixctl\fR is
 not used at all, the default socket is
 \fB@RUNDIR@/\*(PN.\fIpid\fB.ctl\fR, where \fIpid\fR is \fB\*(PN\fR's
 process ID.
+.IP
+On Windows, uses a kernel chosen TCP port on the localhost to listen
+for runtime management commands.  The kernel chosen TCP port value is written
+in a file whose absolute path is pointed by \fIsocket\fR. If \fB\-\-unixctl\fR
+is not used at all, the file is created as \fB\*(PN.ctl\fR in the configured
+\fIOVS_RUNDIR\fR directory.
+.IP
 Specifying \fBnone\fR for \fIsocket\fR disables the control socket
 feature.