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[openvswitch] / ovsdb / ovsdb-tool.1.in

diff --git a/ovsdb/ovsdb-tool.1.in b/ovsdb/ovsdb-tool.1.in
index b96bdd738fa2423c0e0a2ee04ae8ae30b40d711e..c2c2ce32d7452d9ca0cafb58ef004bc5e2953890 100644 (file)
--- a/ovsdb/ovsdb-tool.1.in
+++ b/ovsdb/ovsdb-tool.1.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ovsdb\-tool \- Open vSwitch database management utility
 .br
 \fBovsdb\-tool \fR[\fIoptions\fR] \fBtransact\fI db transaction\fR
 .br
-\fBovsdb\-tool \fR[\fIoptions\fR] \fBshow\-log\fI db\fR
+\fBovsdb\-tool \fR[\fIoptions\fR] [\fB-m\fR | \fB--more\fR]... \fBshow\-log\fI db\fR
 .br
 \fBovsdb\-tool help\fR
 .so lib/vlog-syn.man
@@ -40,6 +40,29 @@ existing \fIdb\fR.
 \fIschema\fR must contain an OVSDB schema in JSON format.  Refer to
 the OVSDB specification for details.
 .
+.IP "\fBcompact\fI db \fR[\fItarget\fR]"
+Reads \fIdb\fR and writes a compacted version.  If \fItarget\fR is
+specified, the compacted version is written as a new file named
+\fItarget\fR, which must not already exist.  If \fItarget\fR is
+omitted, then the compacted version of the database replaces \fIdb\fR
+in-place.
+.
+.IP "\fBconvert\fI db schema \fR[\fItarget\fR]"
+Reads \fIdb\fR, translating it into to the schema specified in
+\fIschema\fR, and writes out the new interpretation.  If \fItarget\fR
+is specified, the translated version is written as a new file named
+\fItarget\fR, which must not already exist.  If \fItarget\fR is
+omitted, then the translated version of the database replaces \fIdb\fR
+in-place.
+.IP
+This command can do simple ``upgrades'' and ``downgrades'' on a
+database's schema.  The data in \fIdb\fR must be valid when
+interpreted under \fIschema\fR, with only one exception: data in
+\fIdb\fR for tables and columns that do not exist in \fIschema\fR are
+ignored.  Columns that exist in \fIschema\fR but not in \fIdb\fR are
+set to their default values.  All of \fIschema\fR's constraints apply
+in full.
+.
 .IP "\fBquery\fI db transaction\fR"
 Opens \fIdb\fR, executes \fItransaction\fR on it, and prints the
 results.  The \fItransaction\fR must be a JSON array in the format of
@@ -68,6 +91,13 @@ instead, to write to a database that is served by
 Prints a summary of the records in \fBdb\fR's log, including the time
 and date at which each database change occurred and any associated
 comment.  This may be useful for debugging.
+.PP
+To increase the verbosity of output, add \fB-m\fR (or \fB--more\fR)
+one or more times to the command line.  With one \fB-m\fR,
+\fBshow\-log\fR prints a summary of the records added, deleted, or
+modified by each transaction.  With two \fB-m\fRs, \fBshow\-log\fR
+also prints the values of the columns modified by each change to a
+record.
 .
 .SH OPTIONS
 .SS "Logging Options"