ovs-appctl: Add common commands to man page.

[openvswitch] / utilities / ovs-ofctl.8.in

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
index bb52be22e1e680374aadc61881a3f0ae38872e95..c59bca9316896d2d712d5d4900478839ad6634cd 100644 (file)
--- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Deletes entries from \fIswitch\fR's flow table.  With only a
 entries that match the specified flows.  With \fB\-\-strict\fR,
 wildcards are not treated as active for matching purposes.
 .
 entries that match the specified flows.  With \fB\-\-strict\fR,
 wildcards are not treated as active for matching purposes.
 .

-.IP "\fBreplace\-flows \fIswitch file\fR"
+.IP "[\fB\-\-readd\fR] \fBreplace\-flows \fIswitch file\fR"

 Reads flow entries from \fIfile\fR (or \fBstdin\fR if \fIfile\fR is
 \fB\-\fR) and queries the flow table from \fIswitch\fR.  Then it fixes
 up any differences, adding flows from \fIflow\fR that are missing on
 Reads flow entries from \fIfile\fR (or \fBstdin\fR if \fIfile\fR is
 \fB\-\fR) and queries the flow table from \fIswitch\fR.  Then it fixes
 up any differences, adding flows from \fIflow\fR that are missing on


@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@ up any differences, adding flows from \fIflow\fR that are missing on
 \fIfile\fR, and updating flows in \fIswitch\fR whose actions, cookie,
 or timeouts differ in \fIfile\fR.
 .
 \fIfile\fR, and updating flows in \fIswitch\fR whose actions, cookie,
 or timeouts differ in \fIfile\fR.
 .

+.IP
+With \fB\-\-readd\fR, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR adds all the flows from
+\fIfile\fR, even those that exist with the same actions, cookie, and
+timeout in \fIswitch\fR.  This resets all the flow packet and byte
+counters to 0, which can be useful for debugging.
+.

 .IP "\fBdiff\-flows \fIsource1 source2\fR"
 Reads flow entries from \fIsource1\fR and \fIsource2\fR and prints the
 differences.  A flow that is in \fIsource1\fR but not in \fIsource2\fR
 .IP "\fBdiff\-flows \fIsource1 source2\fR"
 Reads flow entries from \fIsource1\fR and \fIsource2\fR and prints the
 differences.  A flow that is in \fIsource1\fR but not in \fIsource2\fR